Tiziano e il paesaggio moderno

Palazzo Reale is now hosting "Tiziano e il paesaggio moderno" (transl. "Tiziano and the modern landscape"). There is time until May, 20th 2012 to discover that Tiziano was the first to use the word paesaggio (landscape) in a letter to the the Emperor Philip II of Spain <giving proof of the consciousness of a great and resounding awareness>. It was the 1552…

There are 50 paintings by a lot of artists and, actually, Tiziano is not exactly the most represented in the Palace, even if all the reviews on the web seems not to notice this. Why?
I think the exhibition is a very good one, centered on the evolution of the landscape. Of course that's intended in a modern way, that means: Nature is not only intended to be exploited, but is finally recognized as a pleasant place to live, to longing for the return of a mythologic golden age, or to dream about an happy future. The woods are not only places to hunt or where gather firewood, but also magical backgrounds for myths and legends. Moreover, the presentation clearly show the passage from the inversion of the roles between landscape and human figures. The classical subjects start to be smaller and smaller, giving more importance to the "background" that becomes the main character of the composition.
Tiziano? There are beautiful paintings by him, but I think that Lambert Sustris is more representative of the main theme the curator Mauro Lucco wanted to highlight.

I think the title of the exhibition is not correct, but only because it focuses too much on Tiziano. It could have been only "The modern landscape" and collect even more success, avoiding a certain embarrassment of the guides trying to find Tiziano among others beautiful landscapes.
The exhibit is good, but just be prepared if you go there, and maybe ask for a guided visit anyway - that's the only way to get a meaning out of that.