Titian was the leading painter of the 16th century Venetian school of the Italian Renaissance. Titian's unmatched handling of color is exemplified by his Danaë, one of several mythological paintings, or "poesie" ("poems") as the painter called them, done for Philip II of Spain. Although Michelangelo adjudged this piece deficient from the point of view of drawing, Titian and his studio produced several versions for other patrons.

Titian was one of the most versatile of Italian painters, equally adept with portraits, landscape backgrounds, and mythological and religious subjects. His painting methods, particularly in the application and use of color, would exercise a profound influence not only on painters of the Italian Renaissance, but on future generations of Western art.

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Titian's famous Italian renaissance art holds relevance to all contemporary art movements thanks to the ground-breaking techniques and styles that he used and the significance of Renaissance art in the progress of Western art. Itaian Titian was a key member of the Venician School of Art and he reguarly painted famous religious topics in his work, such as the Assumption and other Christ related things.

Titian's artistic manner changed drastically thoughout his life but he retained a lifelong interest in color in his oil paintings. Although his mature works may not contain the vivid, luminous tints of his early pieces, their loose brushwork and subtlety of polychromatic modulations are without precedent in the history of Western art.

Two of Titian's oil paintings in private hands have been up for sale. One of these works, Diana and Actaeon, was recently purchased by the London Gallery and the National Galleries of Scotland on February 2, 2009 for ₤50 million ($71 million). The galleries had until December 31, 2008 to make the purchase before the work would be offered to private collectors, but the deadline was extended. The other painting, Diana and Callisto, will be up for sale for the same amount until 2012 before it is offered to private collectors.