Nor was he unique among Venice's builders in this matter; they mostly either forgot it or allowed their jealousy of a sister art to influence them.

"Light, more light," is as much the cry of the groping enthusiast for painting in this fair city, as it was of the dying Goethe.
The story of Tintoretto's connexion with the Scuola illustrates his decision and swiftness.

The Scuola having been built, where, under the banner of S.Rocco, a philanthropical confraternity might meet to confer as to schemes of social amelioration, it was, in 1560, decided to invite the more prominent artists to make proposals as to its decoration.
Tintoretto, then forty-two, Paul Veronese and Schiavone were among them.
They were to meet in the Refectory and display their sketches; and on a given day all were there.

Tintoretto stood aside while the others unfolded their designs, which were examined and criticized.

Then came his turn, but instead of producing a roll he twitched a covering, which none had noticed, and revealed in the middle of the ceiling the finished painting of S.Rocco in glory.