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Tintoretto: Tradition and Identity | 
 enlarge | Author: Tom Nichols
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 390705
Media: Paperback
Pages: 324
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 8.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 1861891202
Dewey Decimal Number: 700
EAN: 9781861891204
ASIN: 1861891202
Publication Date: April 2, 2004
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Product Description
This book offers a critical re-evaluation of the most unorthodox Venetian painter of the sixteenth century, Jacopo Tintoretto. During his long career, Tintoretto increasingly abandoned the traditional values of Renaissance painting, typified by the works of Titian and Michelangelo, to develop his own radical style.
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 Disappointing Book -- Tintoretto Deserves Better October 9, 2007
Marlow (New York)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
 Discover Tintoretto September 20, 2005
Janet C. Whitchurch (Capitola, CA USA)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
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.
best tintoretto book on market April 29, 2000
24 out of 27 found this review helpful
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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