What is Titian?
{{Infobox artist | name = Titian | image = Tizian 090.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Titian [[Self-Portrait (Titian, Madrid)|self-portrait]], c.1567; [[Museo del Prado]], Madrid | birth_name = Tiziano Vecelli | birth_date = c. 1488/1490 | birth_place = [[Pieve di Cadore]] | death_date = {{death date|df=yes|1576|8|27|}} (aged 85-88) | death_place = [[Venice]] | nationality = [[Italian people|Italian]] | field = [[Painting]] | training = | movement = [[High Renaissance]] | works = [[Assumption of the Virgin (Titian)|Assumption]] of the [[The Virgin Mary|Virgin]] <br> [[Pesaro Altarpiece]] <br> [[Venus of Urbino]] | patrons = }} [[file:Frari (Venice) nave right - Monument of Titian.jpg|thumb|Tomb of Titian in Venice.]] '''Tiziano Vecellio''' (sometimes his last name is given as ''Vecelli'', born around 1490,<ref>No exact date is known. The accepted view today is either 1488 or 1490. Other versions include dates around 1477. [[Giorgione]] (1477-1510) was another Renaissance painter. Some people believe, Giorgione painted some of Titian's early works.</ref> in [[Pieve di Cadore]] near [[Belluno]], died 27 August 1576<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tita/hd_tita.htm |title=Metropolitan Museum of Art timeline |publisher=Metmuseum.org |accessdate=30 January 2011}}</ref> in [[Venice]]) was an Italian [[painter]]. His name in English is '''Titian'''. He was one of the leading painters of the 16th century Venetian school; he is also seen as one of the principal artists of High [[Renaissance]] painting of the [[16th century]]. When he was alive, he was often called ''Da Cadore'', after his place of birth. When he was active, the [[Republic of Venice]] had a [[Golden Age]], and was well-off economically. Aged nine, Titian went to Venice. The brothers [[Gentile Bellini|Gentile]] and [[Giovanni Bellini]] taught him how to paint. In 1513, he opened his own shop, and developed into a successful painter, known all o