Natural behaviour of Tintoretto

This essay wants consider, to painting of Jacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto because his father used dyeing for cloth, natural behaviour of figure in holies subject, some exemple I think is sufficient for consider this concept: the Crucifission(Fig.1), in Saint’s Rocco school, is a exemple very important of this natural spirit; representation of scene is very natural and almost daily: Christ on centre is moment most important but ladder on back is motive for daily and other condemned, one on left and other back are motive for natural behaviour, this subject isn’t holy but alone daily, every figure live this moment with natural spontaneity and major naturalism is given by figures of familiars of Christ below cross, because while other the figures are busied they are involved by pain for this moment, but others not, therefore dramatic moment is more lived alone by familiars, while other haven’t interest, as it is natural. But I think that maximum of natural ideation is to Nativity(Fig.2), where plane is scanned for two floors and natural is emerging because cow below seems important role of this moment and men and women are busied for other questions, therefore holy moment is alone a moment a marginal moment, animals and humankind are very distant to event; the figures around this subject, usually, are very much and all involved by a principal event, this is nativity, but now with much laicism, everybody, except somebody, are involved on contrary everything is natural in spirit, therefore in behaviour. But comparable to this naturalism is Last dinner(Fig.3), in the church of Saint Major George, Venice, here Tintoretto shows his natural concept of humankind and holy subject: in fact he has took a holy subject and he has used it for representation a dinner of a party; everybody is natural, nobody looks holy subject; waiters and waitress, above all the dishwasher on centre is motive for consider laicism of Tintoretto, everything is taught for a not holy event, all is natural, Christ, and apostles and other figures which are around table, nothing suggests holiness of moment, it is a moment among friends and not certainly a last dinner, natural behaviour is dominant, human nature is dominant and not holy nature.   

Alessandro Lusana

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