Tintoretto is said to have said “to paint like Titian and to design like Michelangelo” when describing his style of painting. He had a unique way of painting. Because he did not like to waste time he would prime his canvas with dark colors and then start to sketch and finally paint. This method would result in much of his paintings to be very dark and shadowy with flashes of light. Tintoretto’s “Last Supper” is a perfect example of Late Renaissance Mannerism combined with his style. Tintoretto was commissioned by the church of San Giorgio Maggiore to paint the Last Supper for the Benedictine monastery. It is not the typical scene we see in other paintings where the apostles have just heard Jesus’s prediction of what is going
Tintoretto is said to have said “to paint like Titian and to design like Michelangelo” when describing his style of painting. He had a unique way of painting. Because he did not like to waste time he would prime his canvas with dark colors and then start to sketch and finally paint. This method would result in much of his paintings to be very dark and shadowy with flashes of light. Tintoretto’s “Last Supper” is a perfect example of Late Renaissance Mannerism combined with his style. Tintoretto was commissioned by the church of San Giorgio Maggiore to paint the Last Supper for the Benedictine monastery. It is not the typical scene we see in other paintings where the apostles have just heard Jesus’s prediction of what is going