Otros ojos para ver el Prado: La Gloria, de Tiziano

Miguel Falomir, Head of the Department of Italian and French Painting (up to 1700) at the Prado Museum, and Agustín González, Professor Emeritus of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Barcelona, ​​discuss the theme "Philosophy: Space and Time" in relation to Titian's "The Glory." The Trinity (God the Father, Christ, and the dove of the Holy Spirit) presides over the composition. To the left appear the Virgin Mary and Saint John the Baptist, and below them, figures from the Old Testament recognizable by their attributes. The female figure with her back turned, wearing a green dress, has been identified as the Erythraean Sibyl or Mary Magdalene. On the right, angels accompany members of the imperial family wrapped in shrouds and in a gesture of supplication, headed by Charles V. Below them appear two elderly men identified as Aretino and Titian. This work, open to multiple interpretations, was conceived as a visual embodiment of the Habsburg Trinitarian orthodoxy, acquiring a devotional dimension when Charles requested to contemplate it before his death. The painting's source is a passage from Saint Augustine that narrates the celestial vision of the blessed. Similarities to works by Albrecht Dürer and Lorenzo Lotto have been suggested for its composition. Signed on a paper held by Saint John the Evangelist, it hung in the Moral Education Hall of El Escorial until its acquisition by the Prado Museum in 1837. "Other Eyes to See the Prado" is a project carried out in collaboration with FECYT, GISME, and the Prado National Museum. Spanish subtitles available "Other Eyes to See the Prado" playlist:    • Otros ojos para ver el Prado   More information about the artwork: https://www.museodelprado.es/coleccio... #Titian