Campo di San Rocco
Jpg: Philip
Resheph
"The Scuola di San Rocco is the building
on the left of the picture" -- Philip Resheph
From: timeout.com
The scuola and
church of San Rocco stand at right angles to one another behind the proud
apse of the Frari. The school has an elaborate and asymmetrical facade
by Scarpagnino, with carved and inlaid decorations; it is not generally
approved of but has an undeniable swaggering magnificence.
If you have toured
the school and are in the mood for more Tintorettos (perhaps after a shot
of whisky or a lie-down), look no further. Built in Venetian Renaissance
style by Bartolomeo Bon from 1489 to 1508 but radically altered by Giovanni
Scalfarotto in 1725, the church contains a
cycle of 56 paintings by Tintoretto,
who created these works between 1564 and 1581,
or his school, on either side of the entrance-door, between the first and
second altar on the right, and on either side of the Chancel. Nearly all
are connected with the life of St Roch; the best is probably St Roch Cures
the Plague Victims (Chancel, lower right). The altar-paintings are all
difficult to see: even Ruskin, Tintoretto's greatest fan, was completely
baffled as to their subject matter.
John
Singer Sargent
Scuola
di San Rocco
1903
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