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TINTORETTO: Assumption of the Virgin

🖼 Assumption of the Virgin, c. 1550
Oil on canvas
244 × 137 cm
Venice, Italy

Soaring figures and golden light propel the Virgin heavenward in dynamic, spiraling composition. Tintoretto's dramatic Mannerism revolutionized religious narrative, replacing static reverence with visceral spiritual ecstasy and theatrical movement that defined Venetian Renaissance innovation.

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E. H. Gombrich
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