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The Bacchanal of the Andrians

Titian

Titian

1523

Scene

Revelers sing, dance, and drink beside a stream on the Greek island of Andros. The composition unfolds in an idealized landscape that opens to the sea.

Figures

Men and women crowned with ivy and foliage occupy the foreground. A river god reclines in the middle distance, pouring out the wine stream.

Symbolism

The stream symbolizes a miraculous river of wine granted by the god Bacchus. A ship in the background is interpreted as bearing the absent god.

Craft

Rich, saturated Venetian colorism unifies the figures, landscape, and flowing wine.

Impact

The painting is regarded as one of Titian’s greatest mythological works and a high point of Venetian Renaissance painting.

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Joy

Craft

Movement

High Renaissance

High Renaissance

1490 - 1530

Sought balance, proportion, and ideal harmony, uniting perspective, anatomy, and composition in calm, masterful form.