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Titian

1488 - 1576

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Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (pronounced [titˈtsjaːno veˈtʃɛlljo]; c. 1488/90 – 27 August 1576), Latinized as Titianus, hence known in English as Titian ( TISH-ən), was an Italian (Venetian) Renaissance painter of Lombard origin, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno. During his lifetime he was often called da Cadore, 'from Cadore', taken from his native region.Recognized by his contemporaries as "The Sun Amidst Small Stars" (recalling the final line of Dante's Paradiso), Titian was one of the most versatile of Italian painters, equally adept with portraits, landscape backgrounds, and mythological and religious subjects. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Titian has received more than 3,016,231 page views. His biography is available in 87 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 86 in 2019). Titian is the 22nd most popular painter (down from 20th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Italy (down from 36th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Painter.

Titian is most famous for his paintings of religious scenes.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 80.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 87

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Titians by language

Over the past year Titian has had the most page views in the with 336,338 views, followed by Spanish (117,940), and Italian (98,208). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are (142.53%), Korean (78.86%), and Hindi (54.42%)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Titian ranks 22 out of 2,023. Before him are Paul Cézanne, Sandro Botticelli, El Greco, Diego Velázquez, Paul Gauguin, and Piet Mondrian. After him are Gustav Klimt, Donatello, Eugène Delacroix, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Édouard Manet, and Wassily Kandinsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1488, Titian ranks 1. After him are Jungjong of Joseon, Lütfi Pasha, Ulrich von Hutten, Germaine of Foix, Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Sebastian Münster, Joseph Karo, Ferdinand Columbus, Charles II, Duke of Savoy, and Johannes Magnus. Among people deceased in 1576, Titian ranks 1. After him are Gerolamo Cardano, Tahmasp I, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, Aloysius Lilius, Hans Sachs, Frederick III, Elector Palatine, Isabella de' Medici, Bálint Bakfark, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Bartolomé Carranza, and John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Titian ranks 37 out of 5,161. Before him are Alessandro Volta (1745), Horace (-65), Parmenides (-501), Giacomo Puccini (1858), Niccolò Paganini (1782), and Maria Montessori (1870). After him are Lorenzo de' Medici (1449), Silvio Berlusconi (1936), Pontius Pilate (-12), Pope John Paul I (1912), Tiberius (-42), and Donatello (1386).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Titian ranks 5. Before him are Michelangelo (1475), Raphael (1483), Caravaggio (1571), and Sandro Botticelli (1445). After him are Donatello (1386), Giotto (1267), Masaccio (1401), Amedeo Modigliani (1884), Tintoretto (1518), Paolo Veronese (1528), and Andrea del Verrocchio (1435).

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