"The fiery gift of the god is pouring out like a stream from a hill in the background and has loosened all restraint. …"

"The darkening and patching of the base of this masterpiece ... have obscured the beautiful motive, the river of wine,…"

"Such is the magic of this work, that we hesitate to admit to ourselves that time and neglect have after all had their…"

"No one will deny the exquisite charm of his early works. The grace and loveliness of his Madonnas, the brilliancy, th…"

"The 'Garden of Loves' has been over-cleaned, the sky and statue repainted; for the rest it is luminous and brilliant …"

"In the "Worship of Venus" Titian adhered closely to the text of Philostratus. We find here group for group just as de…"

"It was fortunate for Titian that the theme suggested to him by others fitted in with what was then already occupying …"

"The 'Sacred and Profane Love' is still in some degree Giorgionesque in mood, but as a design it is more amply spaced,…"

"[T]he "Flora" is attuned to a scale of golden and light violet tones.Titian puts forth the highest art of his palette…"

"[T]he technical aspect of the 'Flora' (or what remains of it) belongs to an earlier phase of Titian's career than mig…"