ILLUSTRATIONS frontispiece Titian, Bacchanal of the Andrians ii I.I Titian, Self-portrait xx i. 2 Venice, Santa Maria dei Frari, Monument to Titian 2 1.3 Venice, Santa Maria dei Frari, Monument to Titian (detail) j 1.4 Titian, Pietà 4 1.5 After Titian, Charles V 6 1.6 Titian, Equestrian Portrait of Charles V 7 1.7 Titian, Charles V in an Armchair 8 1.8 Titian, Self-portrait 9 1.9 Michelangelo, David 10 1.10 Titian, Danae 11 1.11 Bronzino, Allegory with Venus and Cupid 12 1.12 Titian, Danae 13 1.13 Titian, Perseus and Andromeda 14 1.14 Titian, Perseus and Andromeda, x-ray composite is 1.15 Titian, Rape of Europa (detail) / 7 1.16 Michelangelo, Creation of Adam (detail) 18 1.17 Titian, Pietro Aretino 19 i. 18 Titian's impresa (from Battista Pittoni, Imprese di diversi prencipi . , 1568) 20 1.19 Titian, Sacred and Profane Love 22 1.20 Titian, Nymph and Shepherd 23 1.21 Willem de Kooning, Woman, I 26 1.22 Titian, Entombment 27 vii ILLUSTRATIONS 1.23 Circle of Titian, Entombment 28 1.24 Titian, Death of Actaeon (detail) 29 1.25 Veronese, Lucretia 30 1.26 Tintoretto, St. Mark Rescuing a Saracen 31 1.27 Titian, Man of Sorrows 33 2.1 The mainland dominions of the Venetian Republic, c. 1550-1620 43 2.2 Pontecasale, Villa Garzoni (Sansovino) 47 2.3 The villas of Palladio 48 2.4 Maser, Villa Barbaro, plan (from Andrea Palladio, I quattro libri delF architettura, 1570) 2.5 Maser, Villa Barbaro (Palladio) 50 2.6 Maser, Villa Barbaro, view from piano nobile 5/ 2.7 Padua, Loggia and Odeo Cornaro (Falconetto) 52 2.8 Vicenza, Basilica (Palladio) 53 2.9 Venice, Library of San Marco (Sansovino) 55 2.10 Vicenza, Palazzo Iseppo Porto (from Andrea Palladio, I quattro libri deir architettura, 1570) 56 2.11 Vicenza, Palazzo Chiericati (Palladio) 57 2.12 Verona, Palazzo Canossa (Sanmicheli) S9 2.13 Venice, Palazzo Corner Ca' grande (Sansovino) 60 2.14 Venice, San Francesco della Vigna, interior (Sansovino) 61 2.15 Venice, Il Redentore, pian (Palladio) 63 2.16 Venice, Il Redentore, interior 64 3.1 Calle Ca' Lipoli, detail from Jacopo de' Barbari, Bird's Eye View of Venice 74 3.2 Corte Colonna, detail from Jacopo de' Barbari, Bird's Eye View of Venice 75 3.3 Corte Colonna, exterior of the eastern tract 76 3.4 Corte Colonna, plans of typical apartments 77 3.5 Ca' del Duca, detail from Jacopo de' Barbari, Birds Eye View of Venice 79 3.6 Titian's house in Biri Grande 80 3.7 Country houses among the gardens of Castello, detail from Jacopo de' Barbari, Birds Eye View of Venice 81 viii ILLUSTRATIONS 3.8 Ca' Bollani 84 3.9 Ca' Bollani, first-floor plan £5 3.10 Ca' Dandolo (the ca grande) 87 3.11 Ca' Dandolo (the ca grande), reconstruction of second-floor plan 88 3.12 Procuratie Vecchie po 3.13 Procuratie Vecchie, floor plan of apartments po 3.14 The area of Corte del Teatro and Riva del Carbon in 1886 ps 3.15 The houses of the Dandolo seen from the Grand Canal p6 3.16 The houses of the Dandolo seen from Corte del Teatro p6 3.17 The houses of the Dandolo seen from the back, detail from Jacopo de' Barbari, Bird's Eye View of Venice 101 3.18 The eastern domus of the Dandolo 102 3.19 Coats of arms, detail from the principal facade of the eastern domus of the Dandolo 103 3.20 Ca' Dandolo (the ca" grande), second-floor plan in 1886 104. 4.1 Portrait of Pietro Aretino 120 5.1 Venice, Doge's Palace 134 5.2 Sansovino, Mars 13s 5.3 Sansovino, Neptune 13s 5.4 Sansovino, Bacchus 137 5.5 Rome, Ara Pacis Augustae (detail) 138 5.6 Sansovino, Miracle of the Maiden Carilla 13P 5.7 Venice, Loggetta (Sansovino) 142 5.8 Sansovino, Minerva 143 5.9 Sansovino, Apollo 144 5.10 Sansovino, Mercury 14s 5.11 Sansovino, Peace 146 5.12 Library of San Marco, staircase vault (Sansovino) 148 5.13 Library of San Marco, staircase cupola (Sansovino) 14P 5.14 Library of San Marco, staircase vault (detail): Abundance (Sansovino) /50 5.15 Sansovino, St. Mark Exorcising the Possessed 152 ix ILLUSTRATIONS .16 Sansovino, St. Mark Baptising Anianus 1 S3 .17 Sansovino, Martyrdom of St. Mark 154 .18 G. Rost, after Sansovino, St. Mark Healing a Cripple 1 ss . 19 Sansovino, Miracle of the Slave iS7 .20 Sansovino, Apparition of St. Mark i$8 .21 Sansovino, Repentant Noble of Provence iS9 .22 Sansovino, St. Mark 160 .23 Sansovino, Madonna and Child 162 . 24 Sansovino, Madonna and Child 164 .25 Sansovino, Madonna and Child 16s .26 Sansovino, Madonna and Child 167 .27 Sansovino and assistants, Madonna and Child 168 .28 Sansovino, Madonna and Child 16p .29 Sansovino, Madonna and Child 171 .30 Sansovino, Charity 172 .31 Sansovino, St. John the Baptist 174 .32 Sansovino, St. John the Baptist 17s .33 Sansovino, Sacristy door 176 .34 Sansovino, Sacristy door 177 .35 Sansovino, Sacristy door (detail) 178 .36 Sansovino, Entombment 180 .37 Sansovino, Resurrection 181 .38 V. Danti, Descent from the Cross 182 . 39 Sansovino, Resurrection (detail) 183 .40 Sansovino, Christ the Redeemer 184 6. i Titian, Bacchanal of the Andrians 192 6.2 Titian, Bacchanal of the Andrians (detail) 193 6.3 Titian, Bacchanal of the Andrians (detail, inverted) 194 6.4 Josquin des Prez, Exploration, canonic inscription 21s 7.1 Cort, Tityus after Titian 288 7.2 Cort, La Gloria, after Titian 28p X ILLUSTRATIONS 7-3 A. Sadeler, D. Claudius Caesar, after Titian 2pi 7-4 Rubens, Charles the Bold 2p2 7-5 Rubens, ZWjy 1» a Fur Wrap, copy after Titian 293 7.6 Titian, Lady in a Fur Wrap 294 7-7 Rubens, "Het Pelsken" 295 7.8 Rubens, Lady with a Fan, copy after Titian 2p6 7-9 Titian, Lady with a Fan 297 7. IO Van Dyck, Lady with a Fan, after Titian 2p8 7.11 Rubens, Venus with a Mirror 299 7.12 Titian, Venus with a Mirror 300 713 Rubens, Venus with a Mirror 301 7.14 Rubens, Allegory of Brescia, after Titian 303 7-15 Titian, Adam and Eve 3°4 7.16 Rubens, Adam and Eve, copy after Titian 305 7-17 Titian, Rape of Europa 3°7 7.18 Rubens, Rape of Europa, copy after Titian 308 7.19 Rubens, Diana and Callisto, copy after Titian 3 op 7.20 Rubens, Studies after Titian 310 7.21 Rubens, Prometheus 3" 7.22 Rubens, Bacchanal of the Andrians, copy after Titian 3'3 7-23 Titian, Worship of Venus 3'4 7.24 Rubens, Worship of Venus, copy after Titian 315 7-25 Titian, Bacchanal of the Andrians (detail) 316 7.26 Rubens, Bacchanal of the Andrians (detail) 317 7.27 Titian, Worship of Venus (detail) 318 7.28 Rubens, Worship of Venus (detail) 319 7.29 Rubens, Feast of Venus Verticordia 320 7.30 Titian, Venus and Adonis 321 7-31 Rubens, Venus and Adonis 322 7-32 Rubens, Venus and Adonis 323 7-33 Titian, Diana and Callisto 325 xi ILLUSTRATIONS 7.34 Rubens, Diana and Callisto 326 7.35 Rubens, Sacrifice of Abraham, after Titian $27 7.36 Rubens, Ecce Homo, after Titian 328 7.37 Rubens, Charles V and Isabella of Portugal, after a lost painting by Titian 329 7.38 Christoffel Jegher, Charles V, after Rubens 330 7.39 Rubens, Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel 331 7.40 Titian, Francesco Maria della Rovere 332 7.41 Rubens, Battle of Tunis 333 7.42 Van Dyck, Pope Paul III and Grandsons, after Titian 33j 7.43 Titian, Charles V with Hound 336 7.44 Van Dyck, James Stuart, Duke of Richmond and Lennox 337 xii .