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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 55. Chapters: Gerardus Mercator, Thomas Kyd, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Martin Frobisher, Philippe de Carteret I, Tintoretto, William Allen, Orlande de Lassus, Colin Cam Mackenzie of Kintail, Ishikawa Goemon, Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby, Alonso de Ercilla, Juan Mateos, Owen MacCarthy Reagh, 12th Prince of Carbery, Casiodoro de Reina, Barnabe Googe, Wolfgang Uhle, Richard Tottel, Balint Balassi, Wolstan Dixie, John Aylmer, John Piers, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, Richard Greenham, Pedro Marino de Lobera, Paulus Buys, Cristovao Lopes, Rodrigo Lopez, Thomas Cooper, John Woolton, Thomas Scott, Charlotte de La Marck, Cristobal Acosta, Francesco Panigarola, John Ingram, John Cornelius, Edward Waterson, Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos, William Painter, Jean Chatel, Edward Atslowe, Louis de Revol, Juan de la Cerda, 5th Duke of Medinaceli, Edmund Scambler, John Boste, William Reynolds, Jacob Kurz von Senftenau, William Harrington, Peter the Lame, Claude Dupuy, Paolo Bellasio, Girolamo Mei, Petrus van der Aa, Caspar Schutz, Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre, Ludwig Pfyffer, Edward Osbaldeston, Alonso de San Buenaventura, Andrew Morris, William Kethe, Tsuchida Gozen, Nicolas de Pelleve, Balduin Hoyoul, Cristobal Lopez, John Speed, John Johnson, Domingo de Salazar, Hongo Tadatora, William Blount, 7th Baron Mountjoy, William Fleetwood, Kuj Tanemichi, Kuj Kanetaka, Guillaume Boni, John Freeston, Juan de la Anunciacion, William Malim. Excerpt: Tintoretto (Italian pronunciation: ) (September 29, 1518 - May 31, 1594), real name Jacopo Comin, was a Venetian painter and a notable exponent of the Renaissance school. For his phenomenal energy in painting he was termed Il Furioso. His work is characterized by its muscular figures, dramatic gestures and bold use of perspective in the Mannerist style, while maintaining color and l...