SCUOLA GRANDE DI SAN ROCCO, Sala Dell'albergo

Although the halls of the San Rocco School are a fine example of sixteenth-century architecture, your attention will immediately be drawn to the paintings of Tintoretto that cover the walls and ceilings. The Venetian painter worked here in three different periods, distributed over a period of twenty years. To follow the chronological order of the paintings you'll start from the first floor, continue with the large hall next door, and then lastly go down to the hall on the ground floor. Taking this path, you'll be able to follow the artist's passage from his initial descriptive realism to the poetic vision of his last works.

Now pause the audio and go to the Sala dell'Albergo by climbing the magnificent sixteenth-century staircase decorated with colored marble....