The imposing 16th-century building of the Scuola Grande di San Rocco contains an entire cycle of works by Jacopo Tintoretto, considered one of the loftiest theological syntheses and finest pictorial cycles of the Cinquecento and all time.
The imposing 16th-century building of the Scuola Grande di San Rocco contains an entire cycle of works by Jacopo Tintoretto, considered one of the loftiest theological syntheses and finest pictorial cycles of the Cinquecento and all time. After a short introduction on the connections between the activity of Tintoretto and the School, the guide describes the masterpieces on display in the Sala dell’Albergo, the Sala Superiore and the Sala Terrena, with splendid illustrations, including close-ups of details. The large format of the book and its illustrations permits full appreciation of the beauty of these frescoes, where the painter’s art achieves its finest results.