Tintoretto – The Man who Killed Painting

2019, Documentary, Arts & Culture, History

500 years ago in Venice, a star was born. Jacopo Robusti Tintoretto began painting at a time when radical social change marked the beginning of the European Reformation. With fast brushstrokes and daring compositions, his paintings captured the complexities and challenges of this new modern age. From the young artist who invented his own innovative style, to his rivalry with Titian, Raphael and Michelangelo, to his death. Undoubtedly, this documentary invites us on a beautiful journey into the universe of this unique artist.

Original title: Tintoretto - The Man who Killed Painting
International title: Tintoretto - The Man who Killed Painting
Country: Italy
Duration: 52/80
Language: Italian/ English
Director: Enrico Perocco
Production company: Kublai Film/Videe/Zeta Group/ Gerbuder Beetz Filmproduktion
Executive Producer: Berta Film (Stefano Mutolo)

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Tintoretto, the great architect of the Italian Renaissance, has deeply marked the artistic face of the city of Venice. A restless painter, he was able to amaze his clients with surprising finds, also thanks to the great speed with which he performed his works. The technical innovations of his painting have exerted a profound and constant influence on the history of art. His admirers range from Peter Paul Rubens and El Greco to Max Beckmann and Jackson Pollock; Tintoretto has left tangible traces in their works. There is no doubt about the modernity of Tintoretto, the audacity of its brushstrokes, the complexity of the stories told in its gigantic paintings, its marketing strategies today. All the more surprising is the fact that there is no documentary that portrays in an up-to-date a master so rich in imagination.