Parmigianino, Madonna with the Long Neck, 1534-40.

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

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, c1523 at the Uffizi Gallery, Florence

JACOPO DA PONTORMO

Born Jacopo Carucci in Pontormo

Jacopo Pontormo, Deposition from the Cross, 1525-1528.

MANNERISTARCHITECTURE

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

Interior of Il Gesu

San Giovani in Laterano (Mannerism)