Tintoretto: Tradition and Identity
By (Author) Tom Nichols
Reaktion Books
Reaktion Books
1st January 2016
2nd Enlarged edition
United Kingdom
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Individual artists, art monographs
Paintings and painting
759.5
Paperback
400
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
This generously illustrated book offers a long-overdue re-evaluation of Tintoretto. Tom Nichols charts the artist's life and work in the context of Venetian art and the culture of the Cinquecento. He shows how the artist created a new manner of painting, which for all its originality and sophistication made its first appeal to the shared emotions of the widest-possible viewing audience. The book deals extensively with Tintoretto's greatest works, including the paintings at the Scuola di San Rocco in Venice.
Tom Nichols is Reader in History of Art, University of Glasgow. His books include Titian and the End of the Venetian Renaissance(Reaktion, 2013).