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TINTORETTO ARTWORK, SCUOLA GRANDE DI SAN ROCCO
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During Venice's darkest days of the Black Death, flashes of genius appeared. Tintor-
etto's loaded paintbrush streaks across stormy scenes inside the Scuola Grande di San
Rocco like a lightning bolt, revealing glimmers of hope in the long shadow of the plague
that reduced Venice's population by a third. Angelic rescue squads save lost souls until the
very last minute of Tintoretto's
Last Judgment
in Madonna dell'Orto - as long as they hold
back that teal tidal wave, even a lowly mortal might witness heaven on earth.
Sestieri di San Polo & Santa Croce, Sestiere di Cannaregio
