Jacopo Robusti Tintoretto: The Renaissance Artist Of Modernity?

<p>According to standard opinion Michelangelo, Titian, and Raphael were the supreme artists of the sixteenth century; yet often during the last four hundred years, viewers have gazed in awe and surprise at works by Tintoretto and wondered if he&nbsp;<em>might</em>&nbsp;be the greatest painter of all. I am one such person. The paintings of Jacopo Tintoretto come as a revelation, not a divinely sponsored act for me, but a purely humanistic and artistic one.</p> <p>Tintoretto was a painter of daring originality and dazzling technical command. Yet the full measure of Tintoretto&rsquo;s colossal achievement can only be grasped in Venice, the city of his birth where he worked for his entire career.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/counterarts/jacopo-robusti-tintoretto-the-renaissance-artist-of-modernity-bf4e4cfb16db"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>
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