A Titian to Remember
Are we having fun? Of course we are. This is an exciting time right now in art history. I know I am having fun. You better believe it, art historians.
Last time you read this, you read about the Simpsons — Homer in particular. Winslow Homer to be exact. You know how he standardized watercolor painting as a recognized art medium? Well, have you ever wondered who was one of the first artists to start painting oils on canvas instead of wood panels? The answer is this Venetian guy:

Titian (TISH-un) dominated the art scene for sixty years, using strong colors with a painstaking approach involving thirty or forty layers of glazes. This made him a master of textures. For example, the texture of Venus, in his Venus of Urbino:

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