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Titian by Peter Humfrey is an ideal introduction to Titian's life and work for the general reader and scholar alike. The book places Titian's career and work into the social and historical context of sixteenth-century Italy and explores his approach to a number of themes - including mythological, religious, allegorical and portrait subjects - and examines the key role of Titian's illustrious patrons It includes his greatest works from the Concert Champetre of c. 1511 (Musee du Louvre, Paris) and Bacchus and Ariadne of 1520-3 (National Gallery, London) to the Entombment of 1558-9 (Museo Nacional del Prado) and Titian's last work, the Pieta of c.1570-6 (Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice). It is bound in a richly coloured silk that evokes the look and feel of classic Phaidon fine art volumes and enhances the luxurious quality of the books