Titian's Allegory of Marriage: New Approaches

Published by Amsterdam University Press 2022

Titian's Allegory of Marriage

New Approaches

Edited by: Daniel Unger

Volume 37 in the series Visual and Material Culture, 1300 –1700

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048552160

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About this book

This book offers nine new approaches toward a single work of art, Titian’s Allegory of Marriage or Allegory of Alfonso d’Avalos, dated to 1530/5. In earlier references, the painting was named simply Allegory, alluding to its enigmatic nature. The work follows in a tradition of such ambiguous Venetian paintings as Giovanni Bellini’s Sacred Allegory and Giorgione’s Tempest. Throughout the years, Titian’s Allegory has engendered a range of diverse interpretations. Art historians such as Hans Tietze, Erwin Panofsky, Walter Friedlaender, and Louis Hourticq, to mention only a few, promoted various explanations. This book offers novel approaches and suggests new meanings toward a further understanding of this somewhat abstruse painting.

Author / Editor information

Unger Daniel :

Daniel M. Unger teaches the History of Early Modern Art at Ben-Gurion University, Israel. His research focuses on seventeenth-century Bolognese and Roman painting. His recent book Redefining Eclecticism in Early Modern Bolognese Painting: Ideology, Practice, and Criticism was published by Amsterdam University Press in 2019.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
List of Plates and Figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
1. Introduction: Poetic License Daniel M. Unger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2. Love, Beauty, and the Human Body as a Reflection of the Divine Valery Rees Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
3. Amorosa visione: Titian’s Allegory of Marriage and the Poetry of the Half-length Format Mary Pardo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
4. The Arms and Armour of Titian’s Allegory of Marriage Karen Watts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
5. ‘Un disio sol d’eterna gloria e fama’: A Literary Approach to Titian’s Allegory Esthy Kravitz-Lurie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
6. Psyche, Venus, Ceres and Their Friends: Titian’s Remixes Paul Joannides Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
7. Art and the Double Meaning of Reflection in Titian’s Allegory of Marriage Daniel M. Unger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
8. Titian’s Allegory of Marriage as an ‘Allegory of Peace’ Sara Benninga Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
9. Vision and Touch in the Allegory of Marriage Geoff Lehman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
10. Of Crystal Orbs and Divinatory Mirrors : The Vicissitudes of Pregnancy and Artistic Agency in Titian’s Allegory of Marriage Sergius Kodera Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251

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Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 266
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 68
- Coloured Illustrations: 8
Keywords: Titian; Allegory; Marriage; Alfonso d'Avalos

eBook

Published: May 30, 2022
ISBN: 9789048552160