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"tombstone": "The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea, 1514\u201315, printed 1549. Titian (Italian, c. 1488\u20131576), Domenico dalle Greche (Italian, 1503\u20131603). Woodcut; unframed: 40.1 x 54.8 cm (15 13/16 x 21 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1952.296.7",
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"title": "The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea",
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"title": "Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection",
"description": "Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).",
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"description": "To make this monumental woodcut\u2014considered one of the most ambitious prints of the Renaissance\u2014Titian probably drew directly on the wooden blocks, after which a skilled cutter completed the blocks. The size rivals that of a painting, and the composition would have hung on a wall. Titian\u2019s bold vision presents nature as a vehicle of God\u2019s mercy and wrath. Moses, at right, having parted the seas for the Israelites to pass, commands them to close over the Egyptian forces (Exodus 14:21\u201331). Titian propelled the narrative with remarkable unity, dedicating entire blocks to the turbulent sea and rolling clouds that culminate in a magnificent cliff and Renaissance city. Some have interpreted the scene as an allegory of Venice\u2019s troubles with the League of Cambrai, a military alliance that threatened the island city.",
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"citation": "Richards, Louise. \"The Titian Woodcut by Domenico Dalle Greche.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 43, no. 9 (November 1956): 197-201, 203.",
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"biography": "Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian, was the greatest Italian painter of 16th-century Venice, known for his expressive brushwork, brilliant color, and hazy atmospheric effects. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, a small town on the Venetian side of the Alps around 1490. He moved to Venice when he was ten years old, and started his artistic training under the mosaicist Sebastiano Zuccato. He later joined Gentile's and Giovanni's Bellini workshops, and started a collaboration with the painter Giorgione on the frescoes of the Fondaco dei tedeschi in 1508. Titian's \"Assumption of the Virgin\" (1516-1518) for the church's high altar became the masterwork that helped establish him as one of the leading painters in the Venetian area. Over his career, Titian created paintings for prestigious commissioners, such as Pope Paul III, king Philip II of Spain, and Charles V. In his later years, Titian mainly focused on religious and mythological subjects. he died of plague on August 27, 1576 in Venice. Titian's artistic oeuvre had a great impact on later generations of painters, such as Rembrandt, Diego Vel\u00e0zquez, Anton van Dyck and Peter Paul Rubens.",
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