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Tintoretto

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Tintoretto was an Italian artist born in 1518. Tintoretto contributed to the Italian Renaissance and Mannerist movements and died on May 31, 1594. Get notified when Tintoretto's biography is complete:

Christ disputing in the Temple

1546

The Miracle of St. Mark Freeing the Slave

1548

The Last Supper

1563-1564

Crucifixion of Christ

1565

The Origin of the Milky Way

1575

The Coronation of the Virgin

1580
Portrait of Raphael Sanzio

Raphael Sanzio

Star boy parties himself to death

1483-1520
Portrait of Titian

Titian

"The Sun amidst small stars"

1488-1576

Piero della Francesca

A mathematician gets fierce with perspective

1415-1492
Portrait of Agnolo Bronzino

Agnolo Bronzino

A butcher's son swept off his feet by a renaissance master.

1503-1572
Portrait of El Greco

El Greco

Finally, a renaissance master with soul

1541-1614
Portrait of Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Why take art so seriously?

1526-1593
15011600
The first art historian
Giorgio Vasari
Andreas Vesalius Tintoretto
The peasant life is the humanist ideal
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Why take art so seriously?
Giuseppe Arcimboldo

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