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Jacopo Tintoretto was an artist hailing from Venice during the sixteenth century and was the son of a man who dyed silk to make a living. This painting, Summer, is one of three paintings by Tintoretto that are representative of the 3 seasons,…

Jacopo Tintoretto is an important leading figure of the Venetian School and the Mannerist style. He studied at Italian painter Titian's studio and had greatly influenced by Titan's use of color.[1] The painting embodied his expressive dramatic…

The Last Supper is an oil on canvas painting Jacopo Tintoretto painted. This Italian Renaissance artist painted this between the years 1592-1594. The scene portrays a frontal view with multiple people sitting parallel from each other. The painting…

The painting Paradise, made by Jacopo and Dominico Tintoretto from 1588-1592, is featured in the Ducal Palace and represents the greatness of Venice during this time period. It is featured across the expanse of the Great Council wall and stands above…

This painting immediately caught my attention with its varying and vivid colors. A key characteristic in this painting is the maniera style, which was the stylistic basis for many of Tintoretto's paintings. [1] Maneira was a way in which "artists…

Miracle of the Slave depicts St Mark’s rescue of a slave suffering from the torment of his master. The slave came to worship the relics of St. Mark because of his faith. After being caught, his master condemned to make him blind and break his legs.…

The Origin of the Milky Way is one of four pieces created by Jacopo Tintoretto for the Holy Roman emperor circa 1577 to 1578. [1] Tintoretto utilizes his signature dramatized style to convey a sense of active dynamism in the mythological story…

The first thing that viewer's eyes are drawn to is the larger than life man on the left hand side of the painting.  He is clothed in blue and light red cloth, with one arm on his hip and one outstretched towards the center of the painting.  The cloth…

The Venetian government, the Signoria, created a contest to see who would create a painting modeled after Dante’s Paradise on the wall of the Great Council Hall after the destruction of the fire of 1577. At first, Veronese was chosen to create the…

Minerva Sending Away Mars from Peace and Prosperity is a single painting in a cycle of four paintings that include, Three Graces and Mercury, Bacchus, Ariadne and Venus, Minerva Rejecting Mars and the Forge of Vulcan. [1] These pieces were created…