Jacopo Robusti[a] (late September or early October 1518 [2] – 31 May 1594), best known as Tintoretto (/ ˌtɪntəˈrɛtoʊ / TIN-tə-RET-oh; Italian: [tintoˈretto]; Venetian: [tiŋtoˈɾeto]), was an Italian Renaissance …

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's complex compositions stand in stark contrast to the geometric harmony typical of the Renaissance period. For this reason, the Venetian artist is often associated with the Mannerist style, …

Tintoretto was born in Venice in 1518, as the eldest of 21 children. His father, Giovanni, was a dyer, or tintore; hence the son got the nickname of Tintoretto, little dyer, or dyer's boy.

Jacopo Tintoretto was, along with Titian and Paolo Veronese, one of the three giants of 16th-century Venetian painting. No one else came close to matching the sheer number of pictures he provided for …

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.

Aug 29, 2023 · Tintoretto was one of the most influential artists of the Italian Renaissance. His style of painting and subject matter paved the way for his contemporaries and followers to explore important …

Tintoretto’s style is usually thought to fall under Mannerism. Also known as the Late Renaissance, this artistic approach emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance, around 1520.

Oct 14, 2002 · As well as religious works, Tintoretto painted mythological scenes and he was also a fine portraitist, particularly of old men (a self-portrait in old age is in the Louvre). Some of the weaker …

Mar 7, 2022 · Jacopo Tintoretto’s artworks, which were originally created to decorate the enormous expanses of great halls and sweeping ceilings, loom, daring to burst down the borders between …