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Mannerism – Late Renaissance

Mannerism – Late Renaissance. Mannerist Style Characteristics. Elongated bodies or body parts Paintings appear to be stretched out Focus on spiritual aspect of art. Mannerism. Madonna with the Long Neck 1534 – 1540 Florence, Italy Artist: Parmagianino

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Mannerism – Late Renaissance

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  1. Mannerism – Late Renaissance

  2. Mannerist Style Characteristics • Elongated bodies or body parts • Paintings appear to be stretched out • Focus on spiritual aspect of art

  3. Mannerism • Madonna with the Long Neck • 1534 – 1540 • Florence, Italy • Artist: Parmagianino • Mannerist style preferred distorted figures; elongated; artificial • Figures crowded into left side – viewer is drawn to different areas of painting • Not just one focus

  4. Jacopo da Pontormo Descent from the Cross Capponi Chapel, Santa Felicità, Florence, Italy 1525-1528oil on wood10 ft. 3 in. x 6 ft. 6 in. Considered his masterpiece

  5. Mannerism • Allegory with Venus and Cupid • 1546 • Florence, Italy • Artist: Agnolo Bronzino • Court painter for Cosimo I de Medici • Mannerism was meant for nobility to enjoy not the general public • Space full of figures • Shows an oddly erotic encounter • Bodies elongated and distorted

  6. Mannerism • Last Supper • 1592 – 1594 • Venice, Italy • Artist: Tintoretto • If it weren’t for the halo, Jesus would be hard to find • Perspective leads away from Christ • Darker version • Judas in traditional spot on opposite side of table

  7. Paolo Veronese Christ in the House of Levi 1573oil on canvas18 ft. 6 in. x 42 ft. 6 in. The Venetian use of blue is still key in Mannerism – had to change name of painting

  8. Paolo Veronese Triumph of Venice ca. 1585oil on canvasapproximately 29 ft. 8 in. x 19 ft. Ceilings became the perfect place for illusion paintings

  9. El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulous) Mary Magdalene in Penitence 1577oil on canvas42 1/2 x 39 7/8 in. El Greco was born in Greece, studied in Italy and painted in Spain – as such he is a unique painter in many ways

  10. El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulous) View of Toledo 1586oil on canvas47 3/4 x 42 3/4 in. The most famous of the mannerist painters

  11. Mannerism • The Burial of Count Orgaz • 1586 • Toledo, Spain • Artist: El Greco • His masterpiece • Local aristocracy attends at bottom as Christ and Saints welcome his soul at the top • Elongated forms are typical

  12. Mannerism • Saltcellar of Francis I • 1539 – 1543 • Paris, France • Artist: Benvenuto Cellini • An ornamental salt and pepper holder for the king of France • Salt is represented by the sea and pepper by the earth • Gold and enamel

  13. Mannerism • Perseus • 1545 – 1554 • Florence, Italy • Artist: Cellini • Blood drips from the beheaded Medusa as Perseus holds it up triumphantly • A masterpiece of Mannerist art

  14. Giovanni Bologna (Jean de Boulogne). Rape of the Sabine Women. 1579-83.Height: 13’ 5-1/2”.

  15. Mannerism • Vestibule of Laurentian Library • 1524 – 1559 • Florence, Italy • Artists: Michelangelo, Vasari & Ammanati • Higher than long or wide • Niches taper up – smaller at bottom than top • Same with pilasters, columns set into the wall • 3 separate sets of steps but 1 doorway

  16. Mannerism • Villa Rotunda • 1567 – 1570 • Vicenza, Italy • Artist: Palladio • Symmetry was crucial to Palladio, even the gardens are symmetrical • All 4 sides are identical • Monticello in Virginia, Jefferson’s home was based in this building

  17. Giacomo della Porta façade of Il Gesù Rome, Italy ca. 1575-1584 Still in basic Renaissance style – just longer than necessary

  18. Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera. The Escorial: aerial view. 1563-84.

  19. The end Next lecture…. Northern Renaissance

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