The Life of TintorettoTintoretto, an independent professional artist who was known for his captivating religious paintings. His art was highly regarded in the 16th century and will be remembered for many years. Tintoretto resided in Venice, Italy around 1518. Not much is known about Tintoretto's early life, it wasn't really recorded at the time, but we know the little things. Tintoretto is actually a nickname given to the artist, his real name was Jacopo Robusti. He took the name Tintoretto in honor of his father, who worked as a dyer. Tintoretto was born to be a painter, when he was little he covered the walls with dye. His father noticed that he had a talent and took him with him to a studio owned by a master painter named Tintien to see how long he would be trained as an artist. Titian would not be friends with Tintoretto, Titian said, "he could be a professional artist but not his student." Tintoretto was able to see Titian's paintings and see what his other works were. Since not much is known, we do know that he was well aware of what he was doing and what he wanted to do, which was to be a painter. He was very fond of the works of art of Venice and he loved the work of Michelangelo. Tintoretto had sought to combine the work of Michelangelo and the work of Titian. Tintoretto Growing up, he worked independently on his works. He became a professional artist in 1539. Tintoretto was well known in Italy as a Venetian painter, one of the best known artists also at that time. When he painted, he used oil paint and very dynamic colors. Tintoretto received commissions for church altarpieces, civic buildings, and portraits of Venetian nobles and statesmen. One of the things that makes Tintoretto unique is that even in the middle of paper, people in Rome, Florence and other big cities were already doing it. It didn't change the city's habits or other improvements, it changed things like people's ideas and ways of thinking. Orders from private roots, churches and institutions entered the scene. There was an unrivaled number of painters in Venice, so there was a sense of harmony in the sharing of commissions. Tintoretto received his fair share of commissions centered around the 1570s and beyond. On May 31, 1594, Tintoretto died. He and his wife had eight children, three of whom trained with their father to continue his artistic legacy. It's a bit of Tintoretto art presented in churches..