HIGH MUSEUM OF ART TO PRESENT 'TITIAN AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF VENETIAN PAINTING'

THE HIGH MUSEUM OF ART, ATLANTA, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND (NGS), WILL PRESENT AN EXHIBITION OF 25 MASTERPIECES OF THE VENETIAN RENAISSANCE, 12 PAINTINGS AND 13 DRAWINGS, THAT WILL INCLUDE TWO OF THE GREATEST PAINTINGS OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE, TITIAN'S 'DIANA AND ACTAEON' AND 'DIANA AND CALLISTO'. THE TWO MONUMENTAL PAINTINGS HAVE NEVER BEFORE TRAVELED TO THE UNITED STATES. THE EXHIBITION WILL ALSO INCLUDE PAINTINGS BY TINTORETTO, VERONESE AND LOTTO FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE NATIONAL GALLERIES. THE HIGH'S PRESENTATION OF 'TITIAN AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF VENETIAN PAINTING: MASTERPIECES FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND' LAUNCHES A NEW COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE HIGH AND NGS, WITH ADDITIONAL EXHIBITIONS CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT. 'TITIAN AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF VENETIAN PAINTING: MASTERPIECES FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND' WILL PREMIERE AT THE HIGH, WHERE IT WILL BE ON VIEW FROM 6.OCTOBER THROUGH 2.JANUARY.2011. IT WILL THEN TRAVEL TO THE MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ART AND THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON. IN ADDITION TO TITIAN'S 'DIANA' PAINTINGS, THE EXHIBITION WILL INCLUDE 10 OTHER PAINTINGS THAT ILLUMINATE THE DEPTH OF THE NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND'S COLLECTION OF VENETIAN RENAISSANCE WORKS. THE PAINTINGS, AMONG THEM TITIAN'S 'VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND AN UNIDENTIFIED MALE SAINT' AND 'VENUS RISING FROM THE SEA', LORENZO LOTTO'S 'VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH SAINTS JEROME, PETER, FRANCIS AND AN UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE SAINT', JACOPO TINTORETTO'S 'CHRIST CARRIED TO THE TOMB' AND JOCOPO BASSANO'S 'ADORATION OF THE MAGI', WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY 13 DRAWINGS BY TITIAN, VERONESE, TINTORETTO AND OTHER VENETIAN RENAISSANCE ARTISTS.
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