With over 150 stunning examples by the three masters and their contemporaries, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese elucidates the technical and aesthetic innovations that helped define the uniquely rich 'Venetian style', as well as the social, political and economic context in which it flourished. By concentrating on the lives and careers of Venice's three greatest painters, the volume paints a vibrant human portrait - one brimming with savage rivalry, one-upmanship, humour and passion.