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July 15, 2008
Sylvia Ferino-Pagden and Giovanna Nepi Sciré Late Titian and the Sensuality of Painting Exh. cat. Venice: Marsilio, 2008. 336 pp.; many color ills.; many b/w ills. Cloth $65.00 (9788831794121)

Exhibition schedule: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, October 18, 2007–January 6, 2008; Accademia, Venice, January 26–May 4, 2008

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Titian, St. Margaret with the Dragon (ca. 1552). Oil on canvas. 211 x 182 cm. © Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.

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Curated by Silvia Ferino-Pagden and Giovanna Nepi Sciré, the exhibition of late paintings by Titian initiated at the Kunsthistorisches Museum and continued with variations at the Accademia was rich in materials from which to learn more about the great Venetian artist. While the Venetian venue showed only twenty-eight paintings, these offered much upon which to meditate. Occupying a space that was once the church of the Carità, and typically used at the Accademia for temporary...