Tintoretto’s drawings bring new surprises and scholarship to his 500th birthday celebrations

Brian Allen | The Art Newspaper | 23rd October 2018

Titian bestrode the Venetian art world and did not appreciate the young Tintoretto’s lack of deference. Unbothered, Tintoretto developed his own style – “in-your-face energy”, full of muscular bodies – in contrast to Titian’s “mood and movement”. And he focused on the day to day lives of the poor. An admirer of Titian, for sure; an acolyte – never. More images are here.