Seurat, Georges (1859–1891). Most well known practitioner of the technique
of Pointillism, an extension of the Impressionists’ attempts to capture the
play of light in painting. His most famous work is Sunday Afternoon on the
Island of the Grande Jatte.
Steen, Jan (1626–1679). One of the greatest Dutch genre painters; known
for both his humor and the technical skill exhibited in his work.
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (c. 1488/90–1576). The long-lived Titian was the
greatest Venetian High Renaissance painter. The unsurpassed richness of his
color and his sensuous and monumental ¿ gures de¿ ned Venetian painting,
and his inÀ uence has reverberated through the history of art from Rubens to
Delacroix to Renoir.
Traini, Francesco (active 13211363). A minor Pisan artist to whom the
Triumph of Death, in the Campo Santo there, is attributed.
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775–1851). English landscape painter
whose Romanticism was expressed in vibrant color and improvisatory
brushwork. Astonishingly proli¿ c, his painting inÀ uenced Impressionism.
Vasari, Giorgio (1511–1574). Famous biographer of Italian and other artists
(The Lives of the Artists), as well as an architect and painter. He was a close
friend and disciple of Michelangelo.
Velázquez, Diego Rodriguez de Silva (1599–1660). One of the greatest
Spanish painters and a master of Realism. He was the court painter at Madrid
and is known for his landscapes, mythological and religious paintings, genre
pictures, and portraits, as well as for his brilliant illusionism and unique
interpretations of subjects.
Vermeer, Johannes (1632–1675). Dutch genre painter who left only about
35 known works. Relatively little is known about his life, but his paintings
are valued for their sensitive treatment of light and color.