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Danae
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Crucifixion
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Portrait of Pier Luigi Farnese in armor
Globe
Beheading of the rhinoceros
Without title
Untitled
Without title
Without title
Indivisible quartet
Room for voices
Time, mistake, space
Without title
Yellow surface
River bed
A J L B
Without title
Checks. Tribute to Niepce
Amalfi box
Big Black Cretto
Basin
Without title
Shock wave
White gold room
Flagellation of Christ
Judith and Holofernes
Vesuvius
Portrait of Paul III with his grandchildren
Danae
Portrait of a young woman called Antea
The Parable of the Blind
Atalante by Ippomena
Transfiguration of Christ
Madonna and Child with Angels
Crib group with the Nativity
Sant'Agata
Portrait of fra luca Pacioli with a pupil
Hercules at the crossroads
Apollo and Marsyas
Saint Jerome in the study
From Frisio to Santa Lucia or Neapolitan song
Crucifixion
Madonna of the veil
Portrait of Pier Luigi Farnese in armor

Danae

Tiziano Vecellio, detto Tiziano

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Capodimonte Museum and Real Wood

Capodimonte Museum and Real Wood

Via Miano, 2, Naples

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the fascinating and sensual myth of Danae, daughter of Acrisius, king of Argos, to whom oracle had predicted death at the hands of a nephew, is narrated. To make it unreachable and thus prevent his daughter from procreating, Acrisius had chosen to enclose it in a bronze tower. But Jupiter, transformed into a rain of gold, joined the woman and from the union was born Perseus, the mythical slayer of the Medusa. The myth of Danae becomes a pretext for Titian to create one of the most natural female figures of the sixteenth century. The young woman, whose face is probably portrayed Angela, the cardinal's lover, softly lying on a white sheet, placidly welcomes the golden cloud that materializes in a shower of coins, perhaps an allusion to the profession of a courtesan. The rarefied atmosphere makes the white meats of Danae and Cupid even more natural, with shadows soaked in color that turn on the bodies in gentle and gradual chiaroscuro transitions. Titian, having begun the painting in Venice, probably finished it in his Roman studio at the Belvedere Palace in the Vatican where, in 1545, Michelangelo saw it and, on this very occasion, praised its extraordinary color, complaining, however, of the lack of design. . Destined for the private rooms of Cardinal Alessandro, the painting, once in Naples, was hit by censorship in 1815, when it was decided to allocate it to the so-called "Cabinet of obscene paintings" of the Royal Bourbon Museum, where the works of "improper subject" were exhibited ".
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Title: Danae

Author: Tiziano Vecellio, detto Tiziano

Date: 1545

Technique: Oil painting on canvas

Displayed in: Capodimonte Museum and Real Wood

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