After two offerings from sculptor/artists which play tricks with form, today's picture is straight out of the top drawer of classicism - indeed some might argue that Titian has the top drawer to himself.
Where Hepworth and, to an even greater degree, Boccione, respond to light and structure, Titian lets his full representational talent loose on a biblical theme, The Assumption of the Virgin (1516-18). The colours are stunning and the technique brilliant. As I have assembled this list, I have had to confront my own prejudices and I have been struck by my taste for the relatively modern. This sort of devotional art is, though, quite thrilling.
Tomorrow another Venetian.
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