An exhibition of 23 works of the greatest masters of the Renaissance-Titian, Veronese and Tintoretto. 20 works came from Italian Museum collections and churches

the Pushkin Museum. A. S. Pushkin
9 Jun — 20 Aug 2017
Moscow, Volkhonka, 12

In Moscow, the work collected for the first time, and some of them have never been seen outside Italy.

In the Renaissance, Venice was experiencing a brilliant flowering of art and primarily painting. In the sixteenth century there were created the three greatest masters of the brush — Tiziano Vecellio (circa 1490 — 1576), by Jacopo Tintoretto (around 1518 — 1594) and Paolo Veronese (about 1528-1588).

the Exhibition provides a unique opportunity to see the works of the great masters-современников, whose work largely turned idea about the process of painting and laying a Foundation for the development of painting in Europe. On the works of Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, he studied such masters of the XVII century, as velázquez, Rubens, Rembrandt, Poussin.

One of the important themes reflected in the exhibition concept, connected relationship with the great Venetian masters of the Renaissance. Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese were born in different cities, belonged to different generations, had different social status and education. They what-то sense complement each other. In their creative destinies many things in common: they were following orders to the churches of Venice and the surrounding areas, and also worked for private orders major politicians and influential people. In addition, all three masters have led the most actively working workshops in the Venetian tradition was family. Often they coexist in the artistic space of Venice is considered as a rivalry. The reality was much more complex: each of the masters has its niche, appealing to different categories of customers and to different sectors of society. Artists carefully watched each other's work, studied it, and eventually managed to form between the type of relationship, excluding an open confrontation: maintaining allegiance to a common cultural roots, each of them clearly aware of their own creative individuality.

the Exhibition gives a unique opportunity to see priceless masterpieces of the three artists, stored in the collections of major museums in Italy and Russia. In a single space is represented by a portrait of works and works on religious themes — from compositions for private customers to large altar images (the method of painting in which Venetian painters of the XVI century made a real revolution).

the Curators of the exhibition have not bypassed a theme of the interpretation of mythological subjects in which Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese foundown approaches to the topic of beauty, full of sensuality and of awe. Freedom and originality of interpretation of erotic stories, peculiar to mythological subjects for centuries glorified Venetian painting of the XVI century — Golden age of Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese.

In the multifarious panorama of the exhibition it is not easy to select examples, and yet Titian's painting "Salome" deserve it by right. It belongs to the private collection of the Doria Pamphili Gallery in Rome and rarely leaving Italy. Executed a young master in the middle of the second decade, when the Renaissance in Venice reached maturity, the picture attracted by the poetry of the image is bright and colorful. The desire for expressiveness of a color palette is a distinctive feature of the Venetian school of painting in General, but special contribution to this tradition was made Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, and is dedicated to the exhibition.

Jacopo Tintoretto — artist of dramatic stock, used color as a powerful means of expression. Especially clearly seen in his altar songs, such as "the last supper" from the Church of San Marcuola, "Baptism of Christ" from the Church of San Silvestro, or "Lamentation", which is now in the Accademia Gallery in Venice.

the Richness of the color palette in the works of Paolo Veronese, born at Verona (as indicated by his nickname), expresses a life-affirming character of his work, admiration for the beauty of the world. With particular persuasiveness is evident in paintings on themes from classical mythology@the semicolon at the exhibition you can see the superb song "Venus, Mars and Cupid" from the Gallery Sabauda in Turin.

the Vast majority of works in the exhibition comes from the largest Museum collections and churches of Italy; only a few works belong to the Russian Assembly. This is one painting from the Hermitage ("Saint George with the Princess" Jacopo Tintoretto), one — from the collection of the Pushkin Museum. Alexander Pushkin (painting by Paolo Veronese "Christ's Resurrection" that will be on display after the restoration N. S. Koshkina, head. workshop of restoration of paintings of the Museum), as well as the composition of Titian's "Venus and Adonis", which can be considered one of the sensations of the exhibition. Identified as the work of the great master chief researcher of the Pushkin Museum. A. S. Pushkina, doctor of arts V. E. Markova, she only recently entered the history of art and still in Russia on display.

Source: arts-museum.ru