Few individuals have had a greater influence on the development of Western painting than the 16th-century Venetian artist Titian. His vibrant colours and exciting brushwork have made his work a constant inspiration to artists, from Rubens to the Impressionists and beyond. Every generation has found something new to admire in his astonishing technique, which enabled him to produce fresh interpretations of the most familiar religious and mythological stories as well as portraits and landscapes. Written by Titian scholars, this illustrated volume accompanies a monographic exhibition in Britain devoted to the work of this extraordinary artist. Authoritative essays on Titian's life and times, portraits, replicas and technique, provide the background for a detailed examination of over 40 of Titian's most famous paintings. Titian employed an extraordinary diversity of style, demonstrating a clever and frequently brilliant response to the demands of his varied clientele: from Venetian patricians and churches, to Roman cardinals and Emperors. The paintings under discussion here provide evidence of Titian's genius as a stylistic innovator and supreme manipulator of paint.