Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Paradise
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Paradise
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Image View:
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Detail, of masses of saints and angels, swirling below Jesus and Mary
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Creator:
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Jacopo Tintoretto (Italian painter, 1519-1594)
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Location:
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repository: Palazzo Ducale (Venice, Veneto, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Doge's Palace, Piazza San Marco 1; Sala del Senato (Hall of the Senate)
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GPS:
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+45.4339+12.34
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Date:
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1588-1590 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Sixteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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mural painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint on canvas, applied to wall
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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29.9 ft (height) x 74.1 ft (width)
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Subjects:
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New Testament; saints; Angels; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
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Description:
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Tintoretto’s career ended on a note of triumph. After Veronese’s death in 1588, he finally gained the coveted commission for the painting of the Paradise (1588-1590), which Veronese had not begun, in the Doge’s Palace. Major fires in the Doge's Palace in 1574 and 1577 necessitated the wholesale renovation of its decoration; Tintoretto was charged with replacement of Guariento's 1365 Coronation of the Virgin, located behind the dais on which the doge sat. However, the focus of Tintoretto's Paradise composition was to be Christ rather than Mary, with seething crowds of saints and angels purposefully suggesting a Last Judgment, a fit subject for the Great Council chamber. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-TITIAN-DP-P-A11
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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