Tiziano omoerotico

Speranza

 

We  examine how masculinity was negotiated in Renaissance Venice.

 

More specifically, by studying three key works of Venetian artist Tiziano Vicellio, better
known as Titian, our research explores how the Venetian painter’s art can be seen as
refuting traditional expressions of intensely virile masculinity, incorporating effeminacy
in the idealized male figure.

 

Though there has been much academic study devoted to the
construction of gender in the sixteenth century, most of it has been dedicated to feminist
scholarship and the development of femininity, often ignoring masculinity, even if
unintentionally.

 

As such, our thesis will shed some light on the larger historical and
social forces that have shaped our ideas of masculine gender and identity, and the role
that art has played in that construction.