Book Description
The Venetian painter Jacopo Tintoretto (1518�694) is an ambiguous figure in the history of art. Critics and writers such as Vasari, Ruskin and Sartre all placed him in opposition to the established artistic practice of his time, noting that he had abandoned the values that typified the venerable Venetian Renaissance tradition, even being expelled as an apprentice from the workshop of Titian.
This generously illustrated book offers a long-overdue re-evaluation of Tintoretto. Tom Nichols charts the artist's life and work in the context of Venetian art and the culture of the Cinquecento. He shows how the artist created a new manner of painting, which for all its originality and sophistication made its first appeal to the shared emotions of the widest-possible viewing audience. The book deals extensively with Tintoretto's greatest works, including the paintings at the Scuola di San Rocco in Venice.
About the Author
Tom Nichols is a Lecturer in the History of Art at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He has contributed to New Interpretations of Venetian Renaissance Painting (1994) and provided the entry on Tintoretto for Macmillans The Dictionary of Art (1996).
Tintoretto: Tradition and Identity FROM THE PUBLISHER
This book, featuring the recently renovated and celebrated cycle of paintings Tintoretto executed for the Scuola di San Rocco in Venice, shows that the artist sought to create an up-to-date approach to painting and an artistic manner which, for all its sophistication and originality, was intended to appeal in the first instance to the shared emotions of the widest possible viewing audience of his time.
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