biography
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Tintoretto
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originally Jacopo Robusti
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pronunciation:
[tintoretoh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1518–94)
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| biography:
| Venetian painter, probably born in Venice, NE Italy, the son of a dyer (Ital tintore). Except for visits to Mantua (1580, 1590–3), he lived all his life in Venice, painting portraits and biblical subjects in which he attempted (according to a contemporary critic) to combine the energetic drawing of Michelangelo with the glowing colour of Titian. His most spectacular works are sacred murals painted for religious confraternities, especially the 50 or so canvases decorating the Church and Scuola of S Rocco. The Scuola contains a vast iconographical scheme from the Old and New Testaments, including the ‘Crucifixion’ (1565) and ‘Annunciation’ (1583–7). Other major works include ‘The Last Supper’ (1547, Venice), ‘The Last Judgment’ (c.1560, Venice), and the ‘Paradiso’, famous for its great size (1588, Venice). Three of his seven children also became painters, including Marietta (1560–90), known as la Tintoretta. |
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