- Hardcover: 324 pages
- Publisher: Hushion House (December 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1861890435
- ISBN-13: 978-1861890436
- Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 21.6 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.4 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Book Description
Jacopo Tintoretto (151894) is an ambiguous figure in the history of art. His radically unorthodox paintings are not readily classifiable and although Venetian by birth, his claim to be truly of the Venetian School has long been in doubt. As a youth, he was quickly ejected from the workshop of the great Titian, accepted then, as now, as the apogee of Venetian painting. In the long career which nonetheless followed, Tintoretto increasingly abandoned the humanist narratives and sensual color values which typified the work of Titian and the venerable Venetian Renaissance tradition. Critics and writers such as Vasari, Boschini, Ruskin and Sartre have all placed Tintoretto in total opposition to the established artistic practice of his time. But this view offers an over-simple and ahistorical answer to the question of Tintorettos relation to tradition. Tom Nichols offers an important re-assessment of Tintorettos place in art history. Far from rejecting existing artistic practice, Tintoretto began by seeking to create an up-to-date manner of painting and an artistic manner which, for all its originality and sophistication, made its first appeal to the shared emotions of the widest possible viewing audience.
About the Author
Tom Nichols is a Lecturer in the History of Art at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He has contributed to New Interpretations of Venetian Renaissance Painting (1994) and provided the entry on Tintoretto for Macmillans The Dictionary of Art (1996).
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5.0 out of 5 stars
best tintoretto book on market,
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This review is from: Tintoretto: Tradition and Identity (Hardcover)
This book is, hands down, the best book on the works of Tintoretto on the market. Tom Nichols is a very well respected and well published art historian in the field and this book lives up to his reputation. It has many beautiful color prints of paintings (along with some black and white) and some very useful and helpful diagrams of the Scuole di San Rocco that show where many of Tintoretto's paintings are. It is probably the most complete, up to date work about any Venetian painter that I have read.
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best tintoretto book on market,
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This review is from: Tintoretto: Tradition and Identity (Hardcover)
This book is, hands down, the best book on the works of Tintoretto on the market. Tom Nichols is a very well respected and well published art historian in the field and this book lives up to his reputation. It has many beautiful color prints of paintings (along with some black and white) and some very useful and helpful diagrams of the Scuole di San Rocco that show where many of Tintoretto's paintings are. It is probably the most complete, up to date work about any Venetian painter that I have read.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Disappointing Book -- Tintoretto Deserves Better,
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This review is from: Tintoretto: Tradition and Identity (Paperback)
Nichols' Tintoretto has the makings of a great work. The text presents a wealth of insights into this underappreciated painter. The biggest drawback is the book's small illustrations. Aside from the reproductions of several portraits (i.e. Portrait of Procurator Antonio Cappello, Portrait of Procurator Jacopo Soranzo) and a handful of other works (i.e. St Louis, St George, and the Princess), the plates are disappointingly small. This is particularly problematic because Tintoretto's works in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco were painted on a large scale. It is impossible to appreciate Tintoretto's technique or the details in larger works because the reproductions are so small. Tintoretto deserves better. Unfortunately, this is one of only a handful of available works on the great Venetian master.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Discover Tintoretto,
By Janet C. Whitchurch "wart" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Tintoretto: Tradition and Identity (Hardcover)
Tintoretto is an artist that is frequently overlooked, even by me, an avid reader and viewer of art. After being overwhelmed by his works in Venice I sought out a book to help me understand him more. This book was very satisfying in that the author analyses not only the painter, but puts him in the context of 16th century Venice. There are few books in English about Tintoretto; this is an excellent one.
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