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Mannerist Style Characteristics

Mannerist Style Characteristics. Elongated bodies or body parts Paintings appear to be stretched out Focus on spiritual aspect of art Meant mainly for the elite and wealthy, not meant for the general public. Mannerism. Madonna with the Long Neck 1534 – 1540 Florence, Italy

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Mannerist Style Characteristics

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  1. Mannerist Style Characteristics • Elongated bodies or body parts • Paintings appear to be stretched out • Focus on spiritual aspect of art • Meant mainly for the elite and wealthy, not meant for the general public

  2. 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

  3. KEY IMAGE p 252 Parmagianino,Madonna with the Long Neck,1534-40 and this column is for what??? Quite a crowd Little guy

  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. Jacopo PontormoDescent from the Cross1525-2811’ x 6.5’ oil on wood

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

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

  10. Domenikos Theotokopoulos (El Greco) • The most important Spanish artist of this period was Greek. • 1541 – 1614. • He deliberately distorts & elongates his figures, and seats them in a lurid, unearthly atmosphere. • He uses an agitated, flickering light. • He ignores the rules of perspective, and heightens the effect by areas of brilliant color. • His works were a fitting expression of the Spanish Counter-Reformation.

  11. 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

  12. El GrecoChrist in Agony on the Cross1600s

  13. El GrecoPortrait of aCardinal1600

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

  15. El Greco’s, The Burial of Count Orgaz, 1586-1588

  16. El Greco’s, The Burial of Count Orgaz, 1586-1588 (details)

  17. El Greco’s, The Burial of Count Orgaz, 1578-1580

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

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

  24. Palladio Scala Ovata Basilica

  25. Palladio Teatro Olimpico San Giorgio Maggiore

  26. Mannerism in music Extreme chromaticism Ex: Prophetiae Sibyllarum, by Orlando de Lassus, c. 1550

  27. Summary – Northern and Late Renaissance • RELIGION/POLITICS – Reformation; much political & religious violence • IDEAS – a skeptical Humanism • ART – a realism of everyday life: PORTRAITS, LANDSCAPES; oil painting, Mannerism • MUSIC – conservative perfection (Palestrina) & new approaches (madrigals)

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