LOSS OF CONTROL: THE POWER OF LOVE
Tizian, Nymphe und Schäfer, um 1570/75 © KHM-Museumsverband
17/11/2021 13:30—14:30
Begrenzte Teilnehmer*innenanzahl (25 Personen) Anmeldung: kunstvermittlung@khm.at Treffpunkt: Vestibül
A guided tour through the large autumn exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum "Titian's Portrait of Women. Beauty - Love - Poetry".
Shortly after 1500 Titian began to create masterpieces in Venice, which show women in a new light. The beauty of Venetian women was legendary. Inspired by the love-poetry and literature of the time, Titian and his contemporaries - such as Palma Vecchio, Lorenzo Lotto, Paris Bordone, Jacopo Tintoretto and Paolo Veronese - created poetic-erotic, idealized portraits of women. These become seminal for European painting of the following centuries.
In keeping with the theme of this year's Vienna Art Week Loosing Control, this tour focuses on the loss of control and the power of love in Venetian painting.
KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN
Built by Karl Hasenauer and Gottfried von Semper between 1871 and 1891, the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien ranks among the most renowned museums in the world. Its magnificent architecture provides a worthy setting for collections the Habsburgs built over centuries. These encompass objects from five millennia, i.e. from the time of Ancient Egypt to the end of the 18th century.
