Tag: Towards The Within

• Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian

  

  Titian’s Bacchus and Ariadne is a masterpiece, illustrating our evolving associations with the color blue. Titian’s Bacchus and Ariadne is one of the finest and most famous paintings in the National Gallery. The Cretan princess Ariadne has been abandoned on the Greek island of Naxos by Theseus, whose ship is shown in the distance, at lower left.…

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  June 10, 2023

  16th-Century Paintings, Art, Art History, Painting, Painting of the Week

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