Mannerism

Who actualy has a body that can do that?

STYLE ARTISTS and IMAGES

STYLE

• strange/complicated subject matter
• figure:
  • bizarre figural proportions
  • elongated
  • rtificial, difficult poses
• hard and/or smooth pictorial surfaces
• unusual color choices
• unsettling spatial solutions (mixture of depth and flatness)
• unclear narrative
• OVERALL: artificial, sophisticated, unnatural, clever
• EXAMPLES: Bronzino, Pontormo, Parmigianino, daBologna, Romano

ARTISTS and IMAGES

Agnolo Bronzino Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time National Gallery, London 1546
Jacopo Pontormo The Descent from the Cross Santa Felicita, florence 1525-1528
Parmigianino Madonna of the Long Neck Uffizi, Florence 1535
Giovanni da Bologna Abduction of the Sabine Women Piazza della Signoria, Florence 1579-1583
Giulio Romano Palazzo del Te Mantua 1525-1535
Giulio Romano Hall of the Giants also known as the Sala dei Giganti Palazzo del Te, Mantua 1525-1535

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