Estate tizianesca - Presentazione del libro Tiziano & Save Venice

Throughout his extraordinary career, Titian created some of the most innovative paintings of his time, establishing himself as the most renowned Italian painter in Europe. Since 1971, the nonprofit organization Save Venice has promoted and supported the restoration of significant masterpieces by the artist, including St. Mark Enthroned (Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute), The Assumption and the Pesaro Altarpiece (Basilica dei Frari), The Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple (Gallerie dell’Accademia), The Annunciation from the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, and The Annunciation from the Malchiostro Chapel in the Cathedral of Treviso.

The volume, funded by Save Venice with the support of Christopher Todd Page, arises from the remarkable discoveries made during these restoration campaigns and offers a new perspective on Titian's creative process and painting technique. Enhanced by previously unseen close-ups from the Save Venice photographic archive, the book reveals like never before the master's gesture, the fluidity of his brushstrokes, and his extraordinary technical skill. These moments of pure pictorial virtuosity are accompanied by the reflections of restorers and in-depth historical-artistic analyses from leading Titian scholars, making this book an essential resource for both the academic community and admirers of Venetian Renaissance painting.

GABRIELE MATINO is a Senior Researcher at the American nonprofit organization Save Venice and an independent curator. He earned his PhD in Art History from the University of Nottingham, where he also taught, in addition to holding courses at the University of York. Among the fellowships he has received are the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Grant, the Save Venice Research Fellowship, and the Getty Foundation's Paper Project Grant. In 2018, he curated the exhibition Art, Faith, and Medicine in Tintoretto's Venice at the Scuola Grande di San Marco in Venice, and in 2021 co-curated Venetia 1600. Births and Rebirths at the Doge's Palace. Between 2022 and 2025, he has collaborated on the organization of the exhibition Masterpieces on Paper at the Miniscalchi-Erizzo Foundation in Verona. Matino has published numerous essays in specialized journals and contributions in collective volumes. In 2020, he co-edited, with Patricia Fortini Brown (Princeton University), the volume Carpaccio in Venice. Itineraries and, in 2024, published with Peter Humfrey (University of St Andrews) the proceedings of the international conference Vittore Carpaccio: context, iconography, fortune (2023). He collaborated with Davide Gasparotto (J. Paul Getty Museum) on the volume Titian & Save Venice. Six Restored Masterpieces, on the major restorations promoted by Save Venice dedicated to the work of Titian.

MELISSA CONN is the director of Save Venice's office in Venice and has been working for the organization since 1989. With 36 years of experience in Venetian art history and restoration, Melissa supervises all of the organization’s conservation projects in Venice and is responsible for Save Venice's conservation initiative "Women Artists of Venice." Conn regularly gives talks in Italy and the United States about Save Venice's projects. A resident of Venice, she was born and raised in Ohio and holds a degree in Art History from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.