1. Mannerism
( )

2. Background Late Renaissance [Pre-Baroque].
Art was at an impasse after the perfection and harmony of the Renaissance.
Antithetical to the principles of the High Renaissance.
From the Italian de maneria.
A work of art done in the artist’s characteristic “touch” or recognizable “manner.”
First used by the German art historian, Heinrich Wölfflin in the early 20c.
Influenced by Michelangelo’s later works.

3. Michelangelo
“Sistine Chapel”

4. Sistine Chapel: Last Judgment

5. Characteristics Replace… Create instability instead of equilibrium.
Harmony with dissonance & discord.
Reason with emotion.
Reality with imagination.
Create instability instead of equilibrium.
Bodies are distorted.
Colors are lurid.
Pictoral space is crowded.
A void in the center.
Hanging figures.

6. Most
Exemplary
Work

7. El Greco
“Burial of Count Orgaz”
1586

8. Honorable
Mention

9. Tintoretto
“The Last Supper” (1594)

10. The Last Supper: Mannerism vs. High Renaissance

11. Titian , Venus of Urbino, 1538 ?

12. Parmigianino
“Madonna with the Long Neck”

13. Details: Madonna w/the Long Neck

14. El Greco “The Resurrection” c.1597-1604
An attempt to express the religious tensions of the times.

15. Giorgione
“The Tempest”
1510

16. Mannerist
Architecture

17. Characteristics of Mannerist Architecture
Stylishness in design could be applied to a building as well as to a painting.
Showed extensive knowledge of Roman architectural style.
Complex, out of step style  taking “liberties” with classical architecture.
Architecture, sculpture, and walled gardens were seen as a complex, but not necessary unified whole.

18. Villa Capra [or Villa Rotunda]
By Andrea Palladio
“Palladian” architectural style [popular in England]

19. Entrance to the Villa Farnese at Caprarola
By Giacomo Vignola
1560

20. The Fontainebleau School
French Mannerism  flourished from to the early 17c.
Characteristics:
Extensive use of stucco in moldings & picture frames.
Frescoes.
An elaborate [often mysterious] system of allegories and mythical iconography.
Centered around the Royal Chateau of Fontainebleau.

21. The Royal Chateau at Fontainebleau
Gallery [right] by Rosso Fiorentino & Francesco Primaticcio