In Venice during the High Renaissance artistic production was more of a group effort. The family workshop or studio was the norm. Painters in Venice generally appear as members of families, working alongside one another in large workshops that frequently continued over generations. The resulting problems of this work are obvious, and frustrate many historians in attempting to distinguish the stroke of Titian from that of one of his students. In a workshop, all involved assisted in the creation of paintings that were clearly marked by a singular st

Tintoretto’s most brutal assault was on the plane of the picture itself, which for decades had been respected by and united generations of Venetian Painters. Through the study of Michelangelo’s models, Jacopo was able to attack the painting plane with extreme foreshortening and create limitless possibilities. These sharply foreshortened figures carry the eye deeper into the portrait, and aid in bringing to the viewer’s attention less prominent details.

Upon terminating his stay at Titian’s studio, Tintoretto also terminated many connections within Titian’s circle of political and social allies. Titian became caught up in the complex workings of contacts between the courts of Europe, and found himself on a constant journey throughout Italy, and farther north to Germany. In comparison, Jacopo was never lured away from Venice, nor were his interests or friendships ever political. As a result of his fairly subdued Venetian patriotism he was able to focus all of his gifts in the painting of the Scuola of San Rocco, the decoration of the Ducal Palace, and the church. Thus, his reputation as a prized painter never extended outside the Venetian walls while he was alive. Many of his early paintings were intended for smaller chapels in Venetian chapels, and his patrons came from more modest levels of society.

At an early age, Jacopo used his father’s dyes to create primitive yet promising artistic works on the walls of his and his neighbor’s houses. Upon seeing this, his father sent young Tintoretto to a very costly art school run by the famous Venetian painter Titian. The story goes that one day Titian noticed a few extraordinarily excellent drawings on the ground, upon learning that Tintoretto was the author of them, asked Jacopo to leave the studio for good after only a year of instruction. Many scholars are skeptical that Titian at 55 would exhibit such strange jealousy of a young inexperienced artist, and believe that just felt that his and Tintoretto’s different outlooks could not be present at the same studio. What is remarkable about Jacopo is that this young artist was lef

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