Tintoretto, a Innovative painter

(1588) Oil on Canvas, (63cm x 52cm), Louvre Museum, Paris

https://arthive.com/artists/71~Jacopo_Tintoretto/works/11860~Selfportrait

Tintoretto, born in Venice was a astounding painter that didn’t fail to challenge art itself during the time of the Late Renaissance. At a early age Tintoretto showed an enormous amount of skill and had learned many different approaches to painting. Being influenced by Titian, Tintoretto sought out to create his works with the use of Titian’s colour and the energy of Michelangelo’s paintings. Along with Tintoretto’s early understanding of painting, this resulted in paintings with an enormous amount of energy that maintained a rich colour, along with confident brush strokes and innovative techniques. Although Tintoretto is classified as a Mannerism painter, some arguments state that Tintoretto’s individualistic approach to his paintings don’t fall into the category of Mannerism.

Tintoretto is described as a bold man that sought out to evolve his technique while creating paintings that contained a phenomenal amount of energy in them. Classified as a 16th century master of Venetian painting as well as a prominent figure of the Mannerism movement, Tintoretto’s techniques would then contribute to art movements in the future such as Baroque, Romanticism, and Impressionism.

 

Tintoretto’s Works

 

Miracle of the Slave

(1548) Oil on Canvas, (416cm x 544cm), Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_the_Slave_(Tintoretto)

Christ at the Sea of Galilee

(1570) Oil on Canvas, (117.1cm x 169.2cm), National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/christ-at-the-sea-of-galilee-tintoretto.html

Susanna and the Elders

(1555) Oil on Canvas, (146cm x 194cm),  Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanna_and_the_Elders_(Tintoretto)

Finding of the Body of St. Mark

(1562-1566) Oil on Canvas, (405cm x 405cm), Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_of_the_body_of_St_Mark

Citation: 

https://medium.com/@melaniedesliensflint/tintoretto-the-last-genius-of-the-italian-renaissance-and-early-modernist-7597f82eea93

https://www.biography.com/people/tintoretto-21366707

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintoretto

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/jacopo-tintoretto

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tintoretto