Tintoretto

[ tin-tuh-ret-oh; Italian teen-taw-ret-taw ]

noun

1. Il [eel], Jacopo Robusti, 1518–94, Venetian painter.

Tintoretto

/ tintoˈretto; ˌtɪntəˈrɛtəʊ /

noun

1. Tintoretto, Il15181594MItalianARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Il (il). original name Jacopo Robusti. 1518–94, Italian painter of the Venetian school. His works include Susanna bathing (?1550) and the fresco cycle in the Scuola di San Rocco, Venice (from 1564)

Example Sentences

I want to say something obscure to make me look smart, like a Tintoretto painting.

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Some years later, though, he did concede that, compared to fresh art horrors coming to his attention, “Christo is Tintoretto.”

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There were thoughts in it which had not been conceived and expressed in the same manner since the time of Tintoretto.

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Then there were Tintoretto and Veronese, almost as interesting to our painter.

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Rembrandt's was too rich and still, Tintoretto's too invigorating.

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Tintoretto is the painter, and it is one of his best historical works.

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Tintoretto's "Descent from the Cross" in the church proper is very vivid.

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