Tintoretto
[tin-tuh-ret-oh; Italian teen-taw-ret-taw]
- Il [eel] /il/, Jacopo Robusti, 1518–94, Venetian painter.
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Contemporary Examples
I want to say something obscure to make me look smart, like a Tintoretto painting.
Some years later, though, he did concede that, compared to fresh art horrors coming to his attention, “Christo is Tintoretto.”
Historical Examples
One no longer marvels at the glory of Tintoretto and Paolo Veronese.
Italy, the Magic LandLilian Whiting
Then there were Tintoretto and Veronese, almost as interesting to our painter.
Great Artists, Vol 1.Jennie Ellis Keysor
A morning with Tintoretto might well be followed by a morning with Carpaccio or Bellini.
New Italian sketchesJohn Addington Symonds
It was a mad dream, born of the sea's roar and Tintoretto's painting.
New Italian sketchesJohn Addington Symonds
Tintoretto worked for the good of mankind, and his work throbs with humanity.
VeniceDorothy Menpes
Tintoretto
- Il (il). original name Jacopo Robusti. 1518–94, Italian painter of the Venetian school. His works include Susanna bathing (?1550) and the fresco cycle in the Scuola di San Rocco, Venice (from 1564)
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