Tinos

Tínos or Tenos , island (1991 pop. 7,747), 79 sq mi (204 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea; one of the Cyclades. Wine, figs, and wheat are produced on Tínos, and blue-hued marble is quarried. The island was a colony of Venice from 1390 to 1715, when it was captured by the Ottoman Turks. Tínos (1991 pop. 3,754), the main town, is the site of a church containing an icon of the Virgin Mary that attracts many pilgrims.

Tino di Camaino (b Siena, c.1280/5; d Naples, 1337). Sienese sculptor, chiefly of tombs, active in Pisa, Florence, and Naples, as well as his native city. He was the most important follower of Giovanni Pisano, whom he probably assisted for a time, but Tino's style was more calm and reserved, with an imposing blocklike massiveness. His early career was spent mainly in Siena and Pisa, but his chief works are in Florence (where he worked intermittently from 1318 to 1323) and Naples (where he lived from about 1324 until his death). In Florence he produced, most notably, the tomb of Bishop Antonio d'Orso (1321) in the cathedral, which features possibly the earliest example of a seated effigy. In Naples his work included tabernacled tombs for the Angevin court, notably that of Queen Mary of Hungary (c.1325) in S. Maria Donnaregina. They show a move away from the sober grandeur of his earlier work to a more elegant, ostentatious, Gothic style. Tino also worked as an architect.

Tino di Camaino (c.1280–1337). Sienese sculptor, chiefly of tombs, active in Pisa, Florence, and Naples, as well as his native city. He was the most important follower of Giovanni Pisano, whom he probably assisted for a time, but Tino's style was more calm and reserved, with an imposing block-like massiveness. His early career was spent mainly in Siena and Pisa, but his chief works are in Florence (where he worked intermittently from 1318 to 1323) and Naples (where he lived from about 1324 until his death). In Florence he produced, most notably, the tomb of Bishop Antonio d'Orso (1321) in the cathedral, which features possibly the earliest example of a seated effigy. In Naples his work included tabernacled tombs for the Angevin court, notably that of Queen Mary of Hungary (c.1325) in S. Maria Donnaregina. They show a move away from the sober grandeur of his earlier work to a more elegant, ostentatious, Gothic style. Tino also worked as an architect.