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Jacopo Robusti (late September or early October 1518 – 31 May 1594), best known as Tintoretto (/ ˌ t ɪ n t ə ˈ r ɛ t oʊ / TIN-tə-RET-oh, Italian: [tintoˈretto], Venetian: [tiŋtoˈɾeto]), was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed with which he painted, and the ...
May 27, 2024 · Tintoretto (born c. 1518, Venice [Italy]—died May 31, 1594, Venice) was a great Italian Mannerist painter of the Venetian school and one of the most important artists of the late Renaissance.
Tintoretto left an indelible mark on 16th-century Venetian painting and beyond. His unique approach to artmaking with rapid, loose brushstrokes and strong contrasts between light and dark deeply challenged the traditional style of the iconic master Titian, Paolo Veronese, and his Venetian contemporaries.
Tintoretto decorated massive interiors of great halls and sprawling ceilings, with scenes that threaten to break pictorial space and enter the physical world.
Today, we know this iconic Renaissance master as ‘Tintoretto’ (1518 – 1594), but he was actually born Jacopo Comin, taking the name Tintoretto from his father's profession as a fabric dyer...
Tintoretto's art is characterised by daring inventiveness in both handling and composition. Most of his paintings are large-scale narratives on canvas, animated by dramatic lighting and gestures. The 19th-century copy of 'The Miracle of Saint Mark' gives an impression of this type of work.
Feb 19, 2019 · A young painter named Tintoretto was striving to establish himself alongside—and perhaps even to eclipse—his rivals. During the Renaissance, Venice was a place where artists worked at the vanguard of painting, incorporating humanist ideas and technical innovations that arrived from Florence and Rome, and outdoing them.
Tintoretto’s work reflects his passionate temperament and reveals a highly dramatic approach to his compositions, which are painted with a controlled and masterful use of chiaroscuro. After Titian he is considered the most important 16 th -century Venetian painter.
Venetian painter. His nickname derives from his father's profession of cloth dyer (tintore). He ranks second only to Titian among the Venetian painters of his time and had a prolific and successful career.
Tintoretto, Jacopo Robusti - The Collection - Museo Nacional del Prado. Venice (Italy), 1518/19 - Venice, 1594. In his biography of Tintoretto Carlo Ridolfi recounts the painter’s fleeting stay at Titian’s studio.
