David Bowie's Tintoretto

Christina Currie Head of Scientific Imagery, Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Brussels. John Julius Norwich Historian, Former Chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund and Honorary Chairman of the World Monuments Fund. Xavier F. Salomon Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator The Frick Collection, New York. Benjamin van Beneden Director of the Rubenhuis, Antwerp. Stijn Alsteens International Head of Old Master Drawings, Christie's and former Curator of Drawings and Prints, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Serge Simonart novelist and interviewer, Schilde.

• Contents:- Foreword- Introduction- Tintoretto's Angel Foretelling the Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria- From audacious sketch to polished painting: Tintoretto's working process revealed- A ruby among many pearls; The lost church of San Geminiano in Venice and its sixteenth-century decoration- Fiamminghi a Venezia. Maerten de Vos, a pupil of Tintoretto?- Rubens and Tintoretto- Anthony van Dyck and Venetian drawing- Lust for life, lust for art- Selective Bibliography