SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Art: Titian

»Tiziano Vecellio (Italian: [titˈtsjaːno veˈtʃɛlljo]; c. 1488/90 – 27 August 1576), Latinized as Titianus, hence known in English as Titian (/ˈtɪʃən/), was an Italian Renaissance painter, the most important artist of Renaissance Venetian painting. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno. During his lifetime he was often called da Cadore, 'from Cadore', taken from his native region.« -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 16^th Century | II. Geographical Index: European History: 16^th Century | III. Topical Index: Types: General: Rape

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I. Author Index

[Info] Bryson, Norman. Two Narratives of Rape in the Visual Arts: Lucretia and the Sabine Women. Rape: An Historical and Social Enquiry. Edited by Susan Tomaselli et al. Oxford 1986: 152-173.

Rape of Europa (c.1560-1562) (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»The Rape of Europa is a painting by the Venetian artist Titian, painted ca. 1560 1562. It is in the permanent collection of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of Boston, Massachusetts.« -- More information: Wikipedia

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Eaton, A.W. Where Ethics and Aesthetics Meet: Titian s Rape of Europa. Hypatia 18 (2003): 159-188.

[Info] Even, Yael. Commodifying Images of Sexual Violence in Sixteenth-Century Italian Art. Source 20 (2001): 13-19.

[Info] Perry, Lara, et al. Against Sexual Violence in the Museum: Art, Curating, and Activism. Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change 7(2) (2022).

Tarquin and Lucretia (1570) (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»Lucretia and her Husband Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus or Tarquin and Lucretia is an oil painting attributed to Titian, dated to around 1515 and now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.« -- More information: Wikipedia

Cases: Mythological Offenders: Sextus Tarquinius; Mythological Victims: Lucretia

[Info] Bohde, Daniela. Haut, Fleisch und Farbe: K rperlichkeit und Materialit t in den Gem lden Tizians. Emsdetten 2002.

Tarquin and Lucretia (Oil Painting, circa 1568-1571) (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

I n f o r m a t i o n

»Tarquin and Lucretia is an oil painting by Titian completed in 1571, when the artist was in his eighties, for Philip II of Spain. It is signed, and considered to have been finished entirely by Titian himself. It is one of a series of great works from Titian's last years, but unlike some of these, is fully finished. It is now in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England.« -- More information: Wikipedia

Cases: Mythological Offenders: Sextus Tarquinius; Mythological Victims: Lucretia

[Info] Bohde, Daniela. Haut, Fleisch und Farbe: K rperlichkeit und Materialit t in den Gem lden Tizians. Emsdetten 2002.

[Info] Coughlin, Michael T. The Performance of Masculinity in Titian's Tarquin and Lucretia. 56^th Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America. Venice 2010.

[Info] DeTurk, Sabrina. Titian's Tarquin and Lucretia: Reading a Narrative of Rape in Its Historical Context. Sixteenth Century Studies Conference. Atlanta 1997.

[Info] Gathern. Cara. Testament, Gender and Agency in Early Modern Revisions of the Lucretia Narrative. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Brighton, 2024.

[Info] Georgen, Theresa. Lucretias Vergewaltigung: Privatisierung einer Staatsaff re. Blick-Wechsel: Konstruktionen von M nnlichkeit und Weiblichkeit in Kunst und Kunstgeschichte. Edited by Ines Lindner et al. Berlin 1989: 437-444.