Tintoretto
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- proper noun
- /tɪnˈtɔːrɛtoʊ/
- Tintoretto directs the viewer's main attention to what, to all intents and purposes, is an attribute of Saint George.
- Jacopo Tintoretto
- Tintoretto's Madonna
- Tintoretto's paintings
Examples
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Here, Tintoretto seems to demonstrate considerable restraint in choosing not to focus on the characters of each individual officer.
Academic text (2000) -
In the character of the princess, Tintoretto introduced a figure surplus to the strictly formulated iconographic requirements.
Academic text (2000) -
And this is a picture by Tintoretto, of whom we'll see much more next time.
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Enter Tintoretto: A Crisis over Form and Function
Academic text (2000) -
"It's a Tintoretto," Bonnie explained.
Fiction book (2000) -
There was a Tintoretto she did not recall from previous visits.
Fiction book (2000) -
When he showed up at the Tintoretto Museum that afternoon, he could've given a course on the subject.
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So, you can see the difference between this Tintoretto... ...and the earlier Byzantine painting we looked at.
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Listen, she's passionate about Tintoretto.
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The famous painter Tintoretto is celebrated for his innovative use of color and light.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tintoretto was a nickname for the painter Jacopo Robusti and actually means 'little dyer' because his father dyed cloth. The name comes from tintore 'dyer' plus the small ending -etto 'little', and you can remember it by the English word tint which means a small 'color', so the name fits his famous bold, colorful paintings.