Episode 247 - Titian's "Pietà" (Accademia Gallery, Venice)

11/10/2023 17 min
Episode 247 - Titian's "Pietà" (Accademia Gallery, Venice)

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Episode Synopsis

Left unfinished at this death in 1576, Titian's "Pietà" was intended to serve as his funerary monument. Its extreme use of loose brushstroke and unconventional color combinations led one art historian to describe the painting as an example of "chromatic alchemy."