01 Work, The Art of War, Titian's Warriors, with footnotes

After Titian

Warriors

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Within the sublime and grandeur of a Titianesque composition, a poignant scene unfolds upon the canvas. The mastery of brushstrokes and the vividness of colors transport us to a tumultuous world where suffering and resilience coexist.

At the center of this tableau, stands the Hamas soldiers, their figures robust and towering, emanating an aura of rugged strength. Cloaked in their military uniform, symbolizing determination amidst bloodshed. Their hardened faces bear the marks of countless trials and tribulations. Sunken eyes, shaded with the weariness of war, fixate upon the viewer, searching for understanding or perhaps just a hint of empathy.

Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (c. 1488/90 – 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian), was an Italian (Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. 

Titian was one of the most versatile of Italian painters, equally adept with portraits, landscape backgrounds, and mythological and religious subjects. His painting methods, particularly in the application and use of colour, exercised a profound influence not only on painters of the late Italian Renaissance, but on future generations of Western artists.

His career was successful from the start, and he became sought after by patrons, initially from Venice and its possessions, then joined by the north Italian princes, and finally the Habsburgs and papacy. Along with Giorgione, he is considered a founder of the Venetian School of Italian Renaissance painting.

During the course of his long life, Titian's artistic manner changed drastically, but he retained a lifelong interest in colour. More on Titian

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