1. MANNERISM
MANNERISM
Period from High Renaissance (1520) to Baroque (1590)
Comes from the Italian maniera, or "style," in the sense of an artist's characteristic "touch" or recognizable "manner."
Elongated proportions
Intense contrast & lighting
Twisted poses
Curless’s Keywords: Busy, Dark, Twisted, Shadows, Dramatic, Clouds, Assymetrical
Parmigianino, Madonna with the Long Neck,

2. MANNERISM
Examples of Mannerism

3. Tintoretto, The Last Supper, 1592-94, Oil on Canvas.
MANNERISM
Tintoretto, The Last Supper, , Oil on Canvas.

4. MANNERISM
El Greco
Born in Greece and lived in Italy, but created most of his mature pieces in Madrid and Toledo (Spain)

5. MANNERISM
El Greco, Assumption of the Virgin, 1577.

6. MANNERISM
El Greco, Burial of Count Orgaz,

7. MANNERISM
El Greco, The Holy Trinity, , oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

8. Rosso Fiorentino MANNERISM (meaning "the Red Florentine" in Italian)
Rosso Fiorentino. Deposition. 1521, Oil on wood..

9. MANNERISM
Compare Fiorentino’s Deposition to Van der Weyden’s Depostion…

10. MANNERISM
Rosso Fiorentino, Moses Defending the Daughters of Jethro, c1523 at the Uffizi Gallery, Florence

11. MANNERISM JACOPO DA PONTORMO Born Jacopo Carucci in Pontormo
Jacopo Pontormo, Deposition from the Cross,

12. MANNERIST ARCHITECTURE
MANNERISM
Il Gesu, 1550s. MANNERISM
MANNERIST ARCHITECTURE
Went against the grain of Renaissance Architecture by using Classical forms in illogical ways
This is mostly due to the style being used only for secular purposes
Symmetrical but highly ornamental
Colossal order
“Blind Windows”
Il Gesu, 1550s. MANNERISM

13. MANNERISM
Il Gesu, 1550s. MANNERISM

14. MANNERISM
Il Gesu, 1550s. MANNERISM

15. MANNERISM

16. San Giovani in Laterano (Mannerism)

17. MANNERIST SCULPTURE MANNERISM
This version of the Rape of the Sabine Women has a vertical, spiraling composition that displays figura serpentinata (a twisting of the figures much like a serpent or snake).
This statue depicts the story of how the Roman men made peace with the neighboring Sabines by abducting their women to take back as wives and populate Rome.
Giovanni Bologna, Rape of the Sabine Women, MANNERISM

18. Let’s recap MANNERISM:
Mannerism in Review
Let’s recap MANNERISM:
Figures are elongated and disproportionate
Asymmetrical (or even unbalanced) compositions
Unusual light sources (often unnatural or artificial)
Figura Serpentinata (Twisting of the body poses)
Parmigianino, Madonna with the Long Neck,

19. Identify the Work…

20. Leonardo Da Vinci
“Mona Lisa” ca
HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

21. Leonardo da Vinci
“Portrait of Ginerva Benci” Oil on Wood,
HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

22. EARLY ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Masaccio, Tribute Money,
Brancacci Chapel, Florence, Italy, ca. 1427
EARLY ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

23. Tintoretto, The Last Supper, 1592-94, Oil on Canvas. MANNERISM

24. Robert Campin, Merode Altarpiece(open),1425 EARLY NORTHERN RENAISSANCE

25. Michelangelo
David
Galleria dell’Academia, Florence, Italy
HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

26. Giotto
Madonna Enthroned ca
LATE GOTHIC / PROTO-RENAISSANCE

27. Leonardo Da Vinci. The Last Supper ca. 1495-1498
Leonardo Da Vinci. The Last Supper ca HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

28. Raphael
Cowper Madonna c1505.
HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

29. Il Gesu, 1550s.
MANNERISM

30. Titian. Venus of Urbino. 1538. Oil on canvas. HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

31. Jacopo Pontormo
Deposition from the Cross
MANNERISM

32. Jan van Eyck, The Annunciation, 1434.
EARLY NORTHERN RENAISSANCE

33. Michelangelo, Creation of Man, Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel Rome, Italy HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

34. Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy ca. 1428
Masaccio
Holy Trinity
Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy
ca. 1428
EARLY ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

35. Titian. Bacchus and Ariadne. 1520-1522. Oil on canvas
Titian. Bacchus and Ariadne Oil on canvas. HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

36. Donatello
David
EARLY ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

37. EARLY ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus,
EARLY ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

38. Michelangelo, Pietà c1500, Marble
HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

39. El Greco, Burial of Count Orgaz, 1586-88. MANNERISM

40. EARLY ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Andrea Mantegna, Fresco. Camera degli Sposi (Bridal Chamber), Mantua, Italy
EARLY ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

41. Raphael, The School of Athens, 1511, Fresco, Stanza della Segnatura
Raphael, The School of Athens, 1511, Fresco, Stanza della Segnatura. HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

42. Leonardo da Vinci, “Virgin of the Rocks”, 1485. Oil on wood.

43. Raphael, Sistine Madonna c.1513-1514.
HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

44. Parmigianino
Madonna with the Long Neck,
MANNERISM