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 +"[[Tintoretto]] elevates our imagination by his pictures of ''[[Adam and Eve (Tintoretto)|Eve Tempting Adam]]''; Michel Angelo restrains and chastens wandering fancy ; Raphael removes the same theme beyond the sphere of voluptuous suggestion, while retaining something of its sensuous allurement ; Rembrandt produces a cynical satire in the style of Swift's description of Yahoos ; [[Luca Giordano]] disgusts by coarse and full-blown carnalism." --''[[Essays Speculative and Suggestive]]'' (1890) by John Addington Symonds
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-'''Tintoretto''' (real name '''Jacopo Comin''') [[September 29]], [[1518]] - [[May 31]], [[1594]]) was one of the greatest painters of the [[Venetian school]] and probably the last great painter of the [[Italian Renaissance]]. In his youth he was also called '''Jacopo Robusti''', as his father had defended the gates of [[Padua]] in a rather robust way against the imperial troops. His real name 'Comin' has only recently been discovered by Miguel Falomir, the curator of the [[Prado]], Madrid and has been made public at the occasion of the retrospective of Tintoretto at the Prado, opening on 29 January 2007. Comin translates to the spice [[cumin]] in the local language{{check}}.+'''Tintoretto''' (real name '''Jacopo Comin''') [[September 29]], [[1518]] - [[May 31]], [[1594]]) was one of the greatest painters of the [[Venetian school]] and probably the last great painter of the [[Italian Renaissance]]. In his youth he was also called '''Jacopo Robusti''', as his father had defended the gates of [[Padua]] in a rather robust way against the imperial troops. His real name 'Comin' has only recently been discovered by Miguel Falomir, the curator of the [[Prado]], Madrid and has been made public at the occasion of the retrospective of Tintoretto at the Prado, opening on 29 January 2007. Comin translates to the spice [[cumin]] in the local language.
-For his phenomenal energy in painting he was termed '''Il Furioso''', and his dramatic use of perspectival space and special lighting effects make him a precursor of [[baroque]] art.{{GFDL}}+For his phenomenal energy in painting he was termed '''Il Furioso''', and his dramatic use of perspectival space and special lighting effects make him a precursor of [[baroque art]].
 +==Style of life and assessment==
 +Tintoretto scarcely ever travelled out of Venice. He loved all the arts and as a youth played the [[lute]] and various instruments, some of them of his own invention, and designed theatrical costumes and properties. He was also versed in mechanics and mechanical devices. While being a very agreeable companion, for the sake of his work he lived in a mostly retired fashion, and even when not painting was wont to remain in his working room surrounded by casts. Here he hardly admitted any, even intimate friends, and he kept his mode of work secret, with the exception of his assistants. He abounded in pleasant witty sayings, whether to great personages or to others, but he himself seldom smiled.
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 +Out of doors, his wife made him wear the robe of a Venetian citizen; if it rained she tried to induce him with an outer garment which he resisted. When he left the house, she would also wrap money up for him in a handkerchief, expecting a strict accounting on his return. Tintoretto's customary reply was that he had spent it on alms to the poor or to prisoners.
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 +An agreement is extant showing a plan to finish two historical paintings, each containing twenty figures, seven being portraits in a two month period of time. The number of his portraits is enormous; their merit is unequaled, but the really fine ones cannot be surpassed. [[Sebastiano del Piombo]] remarked that Tintoretto could paint in two days as much as himself in two years; [[Annibale Carracci]] that Tintoretto was in many pictures equal to Titian, in others inferior to Tintoretto. This was the general opinion of the Venetians, who said that he had three pencils—one of gold, the second of silver and the third of iron.
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 +A comparison of Tintoretto's final ''The Last Supper'' with [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s [[The Last Supper (Leonardo)|treatment of the same subject]] provides an instructive demonstration of how artistic styles evolved over the course of the [[Renaissance]]. Leonardo's is all classical repose. The disciples radiate away from [[Christ]] in almost-mathematical symmetry. In the hands of Tintoretto, the same event becomes dramatic, as the human figures are joined by [[angels]]. A servant is foregrounded, perhaps in reference to the [[Gospel of John]] 13:14-16. In the restless dynamism of his composition, his dramatic use of light, and his emphatic perspective effects, Tintoretto seems a [[baroque]] artist ahead of his time.
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"Tintoretto elevates our imagination by his pictures of Eve Tempting Adam; Michel Angelo restrains and chastens wandering fancy ; Raphael removes the same theme beyond the sphere of voluptuous suggestion, while retaining something of its sensuous allurement ; Rembrandt produces a cynical satire in the style of Swift's description of Yahoos ; Luca Giordano disgusts by coarse and full-blown carnalism." --Essays Speculative and Suggestive (1890) by John Addington Symonds

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Tintoretto (real name Jacopo Comin) September 29, 1518 - May 31, 1594) was one of the greatest painters of the Venetian school and probably the last great painter of the Italian Renaissance. In his youth he was also called Jacopo Robusti, as his father had defended the gates of Padua in a rather robust way against the imperial troops. His real name 'Comin' has only recently been discovered by Miguel Falomir, the curator of the Prado, Madrid and has been made public at the occasion of the retrospective of Tintoretto at the Prado, opening on 29 January 2007. Comin translates to the spice cumin in the local language.

For his phenomenal energy in painting he was termed Il Furioso, and his dramatic use of perspectival space and special lighting effects make him a precursor of baroque art.

Style of life and assessment

Tintoretto scarcely ever travelled out of Venice. He loved all the arts and as a youth played the lute and various instruments, some of them of his own invention, and designed theatrical costumes and properties. He was also versed in mechanics and mechanical devices. While being a very agreeable companion, for the sake of his work he lived in a mostly retired fashion, and even when not painting was wont to remain in his working room surrounded by casts. Here he hardly admitted any, even intimate friends, and he kept his mode of work secret, with the exception of his assistants. He abounded in pleasant witty sayings, whether to great personages or to others, but he himself seldom smiled.

Out of doors, his wife made him wear the robe of a Venetian citizen; if it rained she tried to induce him with an outer garment which he resisted. When he left the house, she would also wrap money up for him in a handkerchief, expecting a strict accounting on his return. Tintoretto's customary reply was that he had spent it on alms to the poor or to prisoners.

An agreement is extant showing a plan to finish two historical paintings, each containing twenty figures, seven being portraits in a two month period of time. The number of his portraits is enormous; their merit is unequaled, but the really fine ones cannot be surpassed. Sebastiano del Piombo remarked that Tintoretto could paint in two days as much as himself in two years; Annibale Carracci that Tintoretto was in many pictures equal to Titian, in others inferior to Tintoretto. This was the general opinion of the Venetians, who said that he had three pencils—one of gold, the second of silver and the third of iron.

A comparison of Tintoretto's final The Last Supper with Leonardo da Vinci's treatment of the same subject provides an instructive demonstration of how artistic styles evolved over the course of the Renaissance. Leonardo's is all classical repose. The disciples radiate away from Christ in almost-mathematical symmetry. In the hands of Tintoretto, the same event becomes dramatic, as the human figures are joined by angels. A servant is foregrounded, perhaps in reference to the Gospel of John 13:14-16. In the restless dynamism of his composition, his dramatic use of light, and his emphatic perspective effects, Tintoretto seems a baroque artist ahead of his time.




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