Opting for shadow over light, Titian frees himself—and future generations—from the Renaissance demand for clarity.
Location: Alte Pinakothek
Dürer holds nothing back in this frontal portrait. By taking Christ’s pose, he conflates artist and creator.
Albrecht Dürer, Self-Portrait (1500)
The myth is ancient, but these figures couldn’t be closer. Rubens’s virtuoso brushwork and color are on display.
Peter Paul Rubens, The Rape of the ...
These monumental figures concentrate their attention on the word of God, which Dürer writes into the painting.
Albrecht Dürer, The Four Apostles
Time collapses in this ambitious painting. As the Greeks battle the Persians, the West fends off the Ottoman East.
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