Maria Santi: Artist’s Personal Brand Automatic translate

Titian was called "the king of artists, the artist of kings." This characteristic is so attractive that so different painters such as Rubens and Glazunov tibbed it. What turned out to be the main thing in the emergence of success of this scale?

Work?

Titian plowed. Over time, he organized a workshop and, due to hired power, began to keep pace even more. Customers wanted to see themselves in the role of saints on his canvases and rushed everything at once from all sides. But so did all the major artists. The competition was such that, with all the merits of the master, his place in the artistic life of Venice was intercepted either by Pordenone or Tintoretto.

Divine talent?

"Divine" is a synonym for "I do not know." We have the right not to know. But why should we use this right if we can look at the canvases of Dürer, Raphael, Veronese, Lotto and make sure that their demanding taste is no less inventive. The gift, especially in portraiture, Titian was indisputable. One dad crouched in front of his image. He so “liked” that Titian left Rome forever.

But talent does not explain how to become a king among hundreds of talented artists.

Customers?

Influential generous philanthropists decide almost everything in the artist’s social fate. We show some.

Titian. “Portrait of the Inquisitor, Doge Andrea Gritti”

In his youth, Gritti pretended to be selling grain in Constantinople. In fact, he spied in favor of Venice. Having learned about this, the Turks imprisoned him. From where he fled with female help.

When he was elected to the Doge’s post, the Venetian opponents waved incriminating evidence: Gritti in the Ottoman Empire had three illegitimate sons. So what? But he loved elegant clothes, rings and was a great warrior.

Titian. “Portrait of Charles V in an armchair”

In adulthood, bending down all of Europe, Charles V loved orgies. In old age, he was baptized in front of the “Trinity” of Titian with his hands twisted from gout and was aching that he wanted to transfer control of the empire to his son. Karl rehearsed his own funeral until the funeral service and burial.

And once he raised a brush dropped by Titian.

Titian. Venus and Organist

The Philip II depicted in this picture was actively burning heretics and appropriating their property. With this money, the pious king fought and ordered Titian paintings about his sexual concern.

How was everything in reality?

Charles V promised a generous reward, and his officials detained or stole this money. Because of the trips during which Titian worked for Carl and his son Philip II, the Venice authorities deprived him of an annual salary. And then they threatened to permanently transfer the position to someone who turns out to be quick. They can be understood, the artist mercilessly delayed the timing.

And some Mantuan dukes promised 900 ducats, and paid 300! For three pictures. And this despite the fact that the stars of the painting of Rome turned up their noses from orders for 1000.

What kind of king, who is forced to plow until old age, not knowing even a month of stability? This is the real king.

And so Titian made Aretino.

The triumvirate of Aretino-Sansovino-Titian was the most successful in Venice. The first of them was the genius of black PR. Gifts were sent to him to avoid the floods of talented articulated mud. Aretino not only invented the profession, he generously shared his earned authority with those with whom he wanted. And when supposedly humanists blamed him for his low origin, he simply continued to collect the most beautiful courtesans of Venice for dinner parties.

Praising Charles V, the publicist mentioned Titian’s painting as a worthy frame of imperial power.