Art: The Renaissance's Big Men on Canvas

Titian, Portrait of a Man (Tommaso Mosti?), c. 1520
As artists perfected their means of achieving natural likenesses, portraiture exploded in 16th-century Italy. Instead of the stiff head-and-shoulders view that the previous century had favored, sitters were represented now in more relaxed three-quarter poses and at fuller length. Titian arrived at a formula that perfectly suited the tastes of the aristocratic families who were his chief patrons. He presented them as elegant figures in basic black, the men set again dark backgrounds in garments trimmed with the lace, pearls, leather and fur that Titian's adroit brush could so beautifully imitate.

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