Tintoretto
Tintoretto was most known for his boldness in his paintings and the visual energy seen in his works. He also had very muscular figures and figures involved in doing dramatic gestures (3). One of his well-known paintings, called Paradise, displays many of the great qualities he’s known for. To start, this painting depicts religious figures such as Jesus Christ and Mary the Virgin. The painting had a great size that caught the audience’s attention quickly (1). There are several religious figures boldly represented throughout the whole picture. Among these figures are muscular warriors spread out in the crowd and appear to be aggressive figures. Another painting that obtains these qualities was The Miracle of the Slave. This painting depicted the rescue of a slave suffering from his master’s treatment. The display of muscular characters is in full effect throughout the painting. In the bottom right corner of this work, there is an aggressive display of muscles in the middle of tearing. To the left of this figure is a man laying on the ground. The man’s whole body is shown and is muscular all over with tons of definition. The figures above him appear to be doing dramatic gestures, such as tossing something in the air and falling from the sky. There are also figures crawling on the ground next to a mob of chaos. Tintoretto also did a painting called the Last Supper. Throughout the whole painting is a display of events that would be considered dramatic for the main reason everyone is there for. There is a big cluster of people at a table surrounding christ but around the table are people performing several tasks. There are people washing dishes, waving their hands, and running to the back. In all of these paintings, Tintoretto’s distinctive qualities are visually shown and have Manneristic qualities (4).
1. Zirpolo, Lilian H. “Last Supper, San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice.” Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, renaissance_art.enacademic.com/374/Last_Supper,_San_Giorgio_Maggiore,_Venice.
2. Workshop of Jacopo Tintoretto (Italian, 1518-1594). the 1580s. Baptism of Christ. Painting. Place: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Collection: https://library.artstor.org/asset/24600752.
3. Claus Virch. “A Study by Tintoretto after Michelangelo.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 15, no. 4 (December 1956): 111. https://doi.org/10.2307/3257711.
4. DiPalma, Jessica. “Jacopo Tintoretto Artworks & Famous Paintings.” The Art Story, July 16, 2019. https://www.theartstory.org/artist/tintoretto/artworks/.
5. Nichols, Thomas. "Tintoretto family." Grove Art Online. 2003; Accessed 26 Oct. 2020. https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000085169.