Description: "In this monumental book, Hale sets forth what may become the definitive biography of Tiziano Vecellio (c.1480-1576), better known as Titian. . . . This impressive, ambitious, scholarly, interdisciplinary . . . book straddles academic disciplines, including art history, history, and literature. Strongly recommended." - Library Journal (starred review) "...a much needed volume...Hale directs her work in a magisterial way, never losing track of the main protagonist but also providing much more in her book; this is a portrait of a man''s life, but also of his times." - The Art Newspaper "Hale''s approach is to try to understand the times in which he lived, and she succeeds brilliantly in capturing the pulse of 16th-century Venice, where the artist spent his working life. . . . Highly readable." - Wall Street Journal "Impressive...entertaining...a feat of research...crammed with new or expanded or rethought information about this stubbornly mysterious giant." - Waldemar Januszczak, Sunday Times (London) "[A] magnificent account of the incomparable Venetian artist Titian and the world he lived in...Hale writes an elegant, even worldly prose...delicious as well as authoritative...For me, it''s the biography of the year." - Michael Dirda, Washington Post "Sheila Hale''s TITIAN takes on the heroic task of reconstructing this largely undocumented life. . . . Meticulous and fluid. . . . Hale''s biography captures the energy and colors of everyday Venetian life as brilliantly as a Canaletto painting." - New York Times Book Review "In reconstructing the largely undocumented life of the Venetian master painter, Hale also offers a dazzling look at the splendors of his city." - New York Times Book Review Editor''s Choice "Hale''s new biography of Titian is a spirited account of self-invention." - California Literary Review "An engrossing new biography...a portrait of Titian in his time...which should endure as the standard Life for the next century" - Financial Times "An exceptional biography of Titian...a superb portrait of the artist-an example of measured scholarship, judicious opinion, and telling framing detail" - The Guardian "Hale provides subtle insights into Titian''s enigmatic last paintings...A scrupulous and exhaustive account that is informed by the latest scholarship, but admirably free of academic cant." - Daily Telegraph (London) "It all makes for compelling reading...enriched by vivid anecdotes and gossipy snippets" - Fisun Gner, Independent "Scholarly, erudite, panoramic, endlessly inquisitive and as clear as can be." - Craig Brown, The Mail "This definitive biography of the great Renaissance painter in over a century is a landmark achievement." - Publishers Weekly, "Top 10 in Art and Architecture" "An excellent biography...Hale''s thorough research, judicious examination of evidence, lucid narrative style, and perceptive and illuminating interpretations of the major works are worthy of her great subject." - Booklist (starred review) "A magnificent new biography...The elegance and energy of her narrative, together with a born biographer''s eye for detail, make...[this] eminently readable and profoundly authentic..." - Jonathan Keates, Literary Review "Impressive...entertaining...a feat of research...crammed with new or expanded or rethought information about this stubbornly mysterious giant" - Waldemar Januszczak, Sunday Times (London) "It all makes for compelling reading...enriched by vivid anecdotes and gossipy snippets" - Fisun Gner, Independent "It all makes for compelling reading...enriched by vivid anecdotes and gossipy snippets." - Independent "Titian stands out among his peers as Shakespeare does among writers, and Sheila Hale''s authoritative and readable book is more than worthy of her subject." - The Economist

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