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Tintoretto
'''Jacopo Robusti ("Tintoretto")''' (1518-94) was a [[Venice|venetian]] [[artist]] of [[the Renaissance]] period. He was a master by 1539, but no works can be ascribed to him until 1545. He was a [[mannerism|mannerist]] in style, attempting to achieve an ideal art by merging the styles of [[Titian]] and [[Michelangelo]], although perhaps without reaching the heights of either.
The name ''Tintoretto'' comes from the family trade - his father was a dyer (''tintore'' in Italian).
In his early works he places his figures across the picture in a [[frieze]], placing interest throughout the picture while keeping the principal subject in the centre. Typical of this style is ''[[Miracle of the Slave]]'', one of a set of paintings depicting [[Saint Mark]]. this picture is full of action, and with his typiacl use of light and shade, but with the centrqal incident prominent. Later paintings were to become more alive with incident, with receding diagonals to increase depth.
in later years he took on huge projects, painting interiors for the [[Doge]]'s palace (the ''Paradise'' of 1574-7) and the Scuolo de Santa Rocco (large paintings of the [[Virgin Mary]] and [[Christ]] (1576-88). these paintings display his full extent of ability: unexpected viewpoint, contrasts of scale, unusual movement and visionary use of colour and shade.
He is remembered today as the principal exponent of Northern [[Italy|Italian]] [[Mannerism]].
==Major Works==
*''[[Miracle of the Slave]]'' (1548)
*''Paradise'' (1574-7)
*''Crucifixion'' (c.1587)
The name ''Tintoretto'' comes from the family trade - his father was a dyer (''tintore'' in Italian).
In his early works he places his figures across the picture in a [[frieze]], placing interest throughout the picture while keeping the principal subject in the centre. Typical of this style is ''[[Miracle of the Slave]]'', one of a set of paintings depicting [[Saint Mark]]. this picture is full of action, and with his typiacl use of light and shade, but with the centrqal incident prominent. Later paintings were to become more alive with incident, with receding diagonals to increase depth.
in later years he took on huge projects, painting interiors for the [[Doge]]'s palace (the ''Paradise'' of 1574-7) and the Scuolo de Santa Rocco (large paintings of the [[Virgin Mary]] and [[Christ]] (1576-88). these paintings display his full extent of ability: unexpected viewpoint, contrasts of scale, unusual movement and visionary use of colour and shade.
He is remembered today as the principal exponent of Northern [[Italy|Italian]] [[Mannerism]].
==Major Works==
*''[[Miracle of the Slave]]'' (1548)
*''Paradise'' (1574-7)
*''Crucifixion'' (c.1587)