Use coupon code “WINTER20” for a 20% discount on all items! Valid until 30-11-2024

Site Logo
Search Suggestions

      Royal Mail  express delivery to UK destinations

      Regular sales and promotions

      Stock updates every 20 minutes!

      Lives of Tintoretto

      Out of stock

      Firm sale: non returnable item
      SKU 9781843681724 Categories ,
      Select Guide Rating
      This book presents the most important early texts about Tintoretto, some for the first time in English.

      The most exhilarating painter of the Renaissance and arguably of the whole of western art, Tintoretto was known as ''Il Furioso'' because of the attack and energy of h...

      £10.99

      Buy new:

      Delivery: UK delivery Only. Usually dispatched in 1-2 working days.

      Shipping costs: All shipping costs calculated in the cart or during the checkout process.

      Standard service (normally 2-3 working days): 48hr Tracked service.

      Premium service (next working day): 24hr Tracked service – signature service included.

      Royal mail: 24 & 48hr Tracked: Trackable items weighing up to 20kg are tracked to door and are inclusive of text and email with ‘Leave in Safe Place’ options, but are non-signature services. Examples of service expected: Standard 48hr service – if ordered before 3pm on Thursday then expected delivery would be on Saturday. If Premium 24hr service used, then expected delivery would be Friday.

      Signature Service: This service is only available for tracked items.

      Leave in Safe Place: This option is available at no additional charge for tracked services.

      Description

      Product ID:9781843681724
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:CN
      Series:Lives of the Artists
      Title:Lives of Tintoretto
      Authors:Author: Andrea Calmo, Carlo Corsato, Veronica Franco, Pietro Aretino, Giorgio Vasari, El Greco, Carlo Ridolfi
      Page Count:146
      Subjects:History of art, Renaissance art, Paintings and painting, Individual artists, art monographs, Biography: arts and entertainment, Painting & paintings, Individual artists, art monographs, Biography: arts & entertainment
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      This book presents the most important early texts about Tintoretto, some for the first time in English.

      The most exhilarating painter of the Renaissance and arguably of the whole of western art, Tintoretto was known as ''Il Furioso'' because of the attack and energy of his style. His vaunting ambition is recorded in the inscription he placed in his studio: l disegno di Michelangelo ed il colorito di Tiziano ("Michelangelo''s drawing and Titian''s colour"). The Florentines Vasari and Borghini, and the Venetians Ridolfi and Boschini wrote the earliest biographies of the artist. The four accounts are related to each other and form the backbone of the critical success of Tintoretto. Borghini is the first one to give some information about Marietta Tintoretto, also an artist, and Ridolfi is the richest in anecdotes about the artist''s life and personality - including the one about the inscription which he may, however, have invented. Boschini, a witty Venetian nationalist, wrote his account in dialect verse. El Greco, whose marginal notes to Vasari are included for the first time in English, Calmo and Franco knew Tintoretto personally and their writings give a real flavour of this complicated man. Unavailable in any form for many years, these biographies have been newly edited for this edition. They are introduced by the scholar Carlo Corsato, who places each in its artistic and literary context. Approximately 50 pages of colour illustrations cover the full range of Tintoretto''s astonishing output.


      Imprint Name:Pallas Athene Publishers
      Publisher Name:Pallas Athene Publishers
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2019-06-01

      Additional information

      Weight272 g
      Dimensions118 × 145 × 15 mm