Maggie's Farm

For some reason, in English this 16th C. Venetian artist is known as Titian.  Some of his cool masterpieces are in the Frari church in Venice.

Tiziano had a productive and lucrative career.   If life somehow takes you to Venice, make sure you spend some time in the Frari church, aka Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari. He spent 2 years on that altarpiece.

Lines of people prepare to go into San Marco, but that Byzantine stuff is too much to take in.  You could easily spend a day just examining  the floors of that place. The Frari church is more of a church. Yes, it's still an active church and monastery but you have to remember that the Venetian population is far less now than it was historically. Probably a third, or less.