MANNERISM Period from High Renaissance 1520 to Baroque
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, 1534 -40.
Tintoretto, The Last Supper, 1592 -94, Oil on Canvas.
El Greco Born in Greece and lived in Italy, but created most of his mature pieces in Madrid and Toledo (Spain) Considered Mannerism AND/OR “Spanish High Renaissance. ”
Rosso Fiorentino (meaning "the Red Florentine" in Italian) Rosso Fiorentino. Deposition. 1521, Oil on wood. .
Compare the MANNERISM’s Deposition to Van der Weyden’s…
Rosso Fiorentino, Moses Defending the Daughters of Jethro, c 1523 at the Uffizi Gallery, Florence
JACOPO DA PONTORMO Born Jacopo Carucci in Pontormo Jacopo Pontormo, Deposition from the Cross, 1525 -1528.
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, 1550 s. MANNERISM
Interior of Il Gesu
San Giovani in Laterano (Mannerism)
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