Excerpt from Cadore, or Titian's Country<br><br>This alone ought to redeem it from neglect, and considering the numbers in these days to whom Titian is more than a name, the many with whom as the prince of Venetian art he stands the rival of the proudest among Venetian doges and captains - who feel indeed that Venice herself, while the fabric of her merchant princes was crumbling upon her shores, lived on in splendour by means of her painters in every treasure-house of art - it is strange that it has not done so.<br><br>It is stranger still, while it explains the cause of the neglect, that till within the last few years the abode of Il divino Tiziano,' as his countrymen love to call him, was so lost sight of that biographers and en quiring travellers alike reported it entirely unknown. The identification dates from the year 1833; but as the particulars are contained in an Italian pamphlet familiar only to those interested in such matters, the spot has remained in much the same obscurity as before.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.