Monday, September 24, 2007

The Scuolo Grande di San Rocco is next door to the Frari, and has obviously used a different decorator. They also used a different painter, Tintoretto, another Venetian superstar painter. His work is everywhere, probably the highest concentration of his paintings anywhere, although they struggle to stand out in the sea of gold and marble that coats every inch of the interiors. This scuola was associated with Saint Roch, who was particularly important to the sick. When the plague nearly wiped out Venice in the 1520's (you remember this from the previous post about the church built to thank god for not killing everyone, right?), cash came pouring in here in hopes of buying the saint's protection. Instead it bought this wonderful interior.











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