Titian and the Golden Age of Venetian Painting Edgar Peters Bowron, Andrew Butterfield, Michael Clarke

For the past 65 years, the National Galleries of Scotland has displayed the acclaimed "Bridgewater Collection", one of the world's most important groups of Old Master paintings still under private ownership. Consisting largely of French and Italian works, the collection includes Titian's "Diana and Actaeon" (recently purchased by the National Galleries of Scotland and the National Gallery of London) and "Diana and Callisto", each an undeniable masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance. Featuring 50 beautiful colour illustrations, this catalogue accompanies an unprecedented exhibition of 25 paintings and drawings from the National Galleries of Scotland. In addition to the works by Titian, the book features superb paintings and drawings by Lorenzo Lotto, Jacopo Bassano, Tintoretto, and Veronese. With special emphasis on the Titian masterpieces, the expert authors discuss aspects of the Bridgewater Collection and its long, proud history of bringing Old Master paintings to public view.

Edgar Peters Bowron is Audrey Jones Bech Curator of European Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Andrew Butterfield is president of Andrew Butterfield Fine Arts, a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, and the author of numerous books on Italian Renaissance art. Michael Clarke is director of the National Galleries of Scotland.

The texts are well researched and gracefully presented and provide an excellent concentrated look at the art of sixteenth-century Venice.-- Annemarie Sawkins, Marquette University--Annemarie Sawkins"Sixteenth Century Journal" (04/01/2012)

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