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Giorgione: Laura
I have argued on this site that Giorgione’s Portrait of a Young Woman, commonly called Laura, could actually be his version of “The Conversion of Mary Magdalen.” I believe that I am not the first to...
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Giorgione: Boy with an Arrow
This year I have been re-posting my various interpretive essays that followed upon my discovery back in 2005 that Giorgione's Tempest, the most famous painting by the Venetian Renaissance master, has...
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Giorgione: Judith on the Fondaco dei Tedeschi
In his “Lives of the Artists” Giorgio Vasari placed his brief biography of Giorgione right after Leonardo da Vinci’s and ranked the young Venetian master, who died tragically in 1510 at about the age...
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Giorgione: Judith
This year I have been posting some of my interpretive discoveries that followed upon my interpretation of Giorgione's Tempest as The Rest on the Flight into Egypt. The following discussion of...
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Giorgione: Discovery of Paris
Giorgione: "Discovery of Paris," or "The Encounter with the Robbers on the Flight into Egypt.” Dr. Francis P. DeStefano A “lost” Giorgione painting which has been mis-identified for...
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Giorgione: The Three Ages of Man
Old age and diminished eyesight have practically brought my art history career to an end. As a result, I have decided to reproduce my various interpretive discoveries once again on Giorgione et al......
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Michelangelo's Don Tondo: the Nudes
I published my interpretation of Michelangelo's Doni Tondo in installments on this site back in 2015. The complete paper can now be read or downloaded at academia.edu. I have decided to re-post it this...
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Doni Tondo Part II: John the Baptist
So far this year I have been re-posting my interpretations of famous but mysterious Renaissance paintings. In my previous post, I put up the first part of my interpretation of Michelangelo's Doni Tondo...
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Michelangelo: Doni Tondo
This year I have been reprising my interpretations of some of the most famous and mysterious paintings of the Renaissance. I originally concentrated on the Venetian Renaissance but in 2015 took a...
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Titian: Pastoral Concert, Bibliography
I originally published some bibliographical notes on Titian's Pastoral Concert on this site on May 26, 2012 in preparation for publishing online my interpretation of the famous painting as Titian's...
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Titian: Pastoral Concert continued
In my last post I discussed my interpretation of Titian's Pastoral Concert which I originally published in 2013. This post is designed to draw attention to an interpretation of the Fete Champetre or...
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Titian: Pastoral Concert or Homage to Giorgione
Since 2013 I have argued that the so-called Pastoral Concert that hangs in the Louvre should be recognized as Titian's Homage to the Recently Deceased Giorgione. The full paper can now be found on...
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Titian: Presentation of the Virgin
Today I republish my review article on David Rosand's magisterial interpretation of Titian's Presentation of the Virgin. Despite the depth and comprehensiveness of Rosand's interpretation, I did...
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Titian: Madonna of the Rabbit
Titian’s “Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine and a Shepherd” is commonly called the “Madonna of the Rabbit” because of the white rabbit prominently featured in the center. The rabbit is held by the...
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Giorgione, Titian, and Mary Magdalen
On October 4, 2010 I put up a post on this site that suggested that Mary Magdalen is the subject of Giorgione's Laura. Since that time I have put up a number of posts that have argued that other...
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Titian: Sacred and Profane Love, Relief Summary
Titian: Sacred and Profane Love, Relief summary Dr. Francis P. DeStefanoIn my previous three posts on Titian’s “Sacred and Profane Love” I have discussed the figures in the antique relief...
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Titian: Sacred and Profane Love, St. Paul on the Relief
Titian: Sacred and Profane Love. St. Paul on the ReliefDr. Francis P. DeStefanoThe meaning of the figures on the antique relief in the center of Titian’s Sacred and Profane Love has eluded scholars for...
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Titian: Sacred and Profane Love. Relief, Adam and Eve.
Titian: Sacred and Profane Love. Adam and Eve on the ReliefDr. Francis P. DeStefano In my interpretation of Titian’s “Sacred and Profane Love” I identified the subject of the mysterious...
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Titian: Sacred and Profane Love, the Relief
Titian: Sacred and Profane Love. Cain and Abel on the Relief.Dr. Francis P. DeStefanoTitian’s so-called Sacred and Profane Love is one of the most important and mysterious paintings of the Renaissance....
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Titian: Sacred and Profane Love
On a chance visit to Rome's Borghese Gallery in 2010, my wife and I entered a large upstairs room and were struck by Titian's famous painting, the so-called "Sacred and Profane Love." I turned to her...
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