Mannerist Style Characteristics Elongated bodies or body parts
Paintings appear to be stretched out Focus on spiritual aspect of
art
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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
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Jacopo da Pontormo Descent from the Cross Capponi Chapel, Santa
Felicit, Florence, Italy 1525-1528 oil on wood 10 ft. 3 in. x 6 ft.
6 in. Considered his masterpiece
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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
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Mannerism Last Supper 1592 1594 Venice, Italy Artist:
Tintoretto If it werent 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
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Paolo Veronese Christ in the House of Levi 1573 oil on canvas
18 ft. 6 in. x 42 ft. 6 in. The Venetian use of blue is still key
in Mannerism had to change name of painting
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Paolo Veronese Triumph of Venice ca. 1585 oil on canvas
approximately 29 ft. 8 in. x 19 ft. Ceilings became the perfect
place for illusion paintings
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El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulous) Mary Magdalene in
Penitence 1577 oil on canvas 42 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
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El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulous) View of Toledo 1586 oil on
canvas 47 3/4 x 42 3/4 in. The most famous of the mannerist
painters
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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
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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
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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
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Giovanni Bologna (Jean de Boulogne). Rape of the Sabine Women.
1579-83. Height: 13 5-1/2.
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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
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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,
Jeffersons home was based in this building
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Giacomo della Porta faade of Il Ges Rome, Italy ca. 1575-1584
Still in basic Renaissance style just longer than necessary
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Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera. The Escorial:
aerial view. 1563-84.