1. Mannerism – Late Renaissance

2. Renaissance Art Day and Night (Medici Tombs) 1526-1531 Florence, Italy
Michelangelo
Giuliano de Medici and Lorenzo are buried opposite one another and dressed like soldiers, defending the Church against the protestants
Night is getting ready to sleep on the left while day barely peeks his head out

3. Renaissance Art Dawn and Dusk 1524-1534 Florence, Italy Michelangelo
Dawn slowly awakens on the right
Dusk is on the left, head down ready for slumber

4. Renaissance Art Last Judgment 1536 – 1541 Rome, Italy
Artist: Michelangelo
As he got older his art works got darker and focused on death
Not such perfection of human forms – actual deformities are shown

5. Last Judgment

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7. Capitoline Hill Rome, Italy designed ca. 1537 Michelangelo
All Designed but not built by him including pattern
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9. Renaissance/Mannerism
Captives (Slaves)
Rome, Italy
Michelangelo
These works were left unfinished for Pope Julius II’s tomb, but on his death his family refused to pay

10. Renaissance/Mannerism
Rondanini Pieta
Rome, Italy
Michelangelo
His last work of art
Foreshadows the mannerist style
Worked on it until 5 days before he died
Working with forms rather than perfect bodies late in his life
Jesus and Mary almost merge into one figure

11. Mannerist Style Characteristics
Elongated bodies or body parts
Paintings appear to be stretched out
Focus on spiritual aspect of art

12. Giacomo della Porta façade of Il Gesù Rome, Italy ca. 1575-1584
Still in basic Renaissance style – just longer than necessary
Home church of the Jesuit Order
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13. Mannerist Art Villa d’Este 1560-1575 Tivoli, Italy Pirro Ligorio
Built for Cardinal Ippolito d’Este
Some of the fountains were built so that flowing water through them would make music

14. Venetian Renaissance Entombment 1559 Venice, Italy
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)
The blue in Titian’s work was the artist secret until he died
Created for king Philip II of Spain
Colors are brighter than this picture shows
Two c shapes are used

15. Titian Venus of Urbino 1538 oil on canvas 4 ft. x 5 ft. 6 in.
One of Titian’s masterpieces
His most influential work, possibly the most influential of all art works
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17. Venetian Renaissance Charles V at Muhlberg 1548 Augsburg, Austria
Titian
Painted to celebrate Charles V victory over the protestants
Attempt to shower power of the Emperor and Church

18. Venetian Renaissance Rape of Europa 1560-1562 Venice, Italy Titian
One of the 3 paintings he did for Philip II of Spain
A poesie of the mythological story of Zeus’ rape of Europa
Zeus had taken the form of a bull

19. Venetian Renaissance Christ Crowned with Thorns 1542-1543 Milan, Italy
Titian
As he got older, Titian experimented with rapid brush strokes, creating a cloudy, fuzzy effect – foreshadowing impressionism

20. 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
Exaggerated perspective was used

21. Mannerist Art Paradise 1577 Venice, Italy Tintoretto (Jacopo Comin)
Tintoretto apprenticed briefly with Titian
At 72’ x 22’ is the largest oil painting ever
Inside Doge’s Palace

22. Feast the House of Levi (Last Supper)
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Feast the House of Levi (Last Supper)
1573 Venice, Italy
Paolo Veronese
The Venetian use of blue is still key in Mannerism
Had to change name of painting because of subject matter

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24. Mannerist Art Battle of Lepanto (Doge Sebastiano Venier Gives Thanks)
Venice, Italy
Paolo Veronese
Inside Doge’s Palace
9.25 feet x feet long

25. Mannerist Art Library of St. Mark’s (Biblioteca Marciana) 1537-1570
Venice, Italy
Jacopo Sansovino
All books printed in Venice must have one copy here
Large collection of ancient Greek and Latin works
Marco Polo’s will is here

26. Mannerist Art Giant’s Staircase 1483-1491 Venice, Italy Antonio Rizzo
Statues were sculpted by Jacopo Sansovino depicting Mars and Neptune were added in 1567

27. Venetian Renaissance Bridge of Sighs (Ponte dei Sospiri) 1600-1603
Venice, Italy
Antonio Contino
Made of white limestone
Connected the Doge’s Palace to the prison, hence its nickname as prisoners sighed at their last look at daylight – nicknamed by the poet Lord Byron

28. Venetian Renaissance Rialto Bridge 1588-1591 Venice, Italy
Antonio da Ponte
Rebuilt as the wooden bridge collapsed
Stores are on the bridge, it is pedestrian only

29. 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

30. Renaissance Art Olympic Theater (Teatro Olimpico) 1580-1585
Vicenza, Italy
Andrea Palladio
Tromp-l’oeil background scene makes it appear deeper than it really is
Only one of 3 Renaissance Era theaters in existence

31. 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

32. Mannerism Perseus 1545 – 1554 Florence, Italy
Artist: Benvenuto Cellini
Blood drips from the beheaded Medusa as Perseus holds it up triumphantly
A masterpiece of Mannerist art

33. 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

34. Giovanni Bologna (Jean de Boulogne). Rape of the Sabine Women. 1579-83
Giovanni Bologna (Jean de Boulogne). Rape of the Sabine Women Height: 13’ 5-1/2”.
Giovanni Bologna (Jean de Boulogne). Rape of the Sabine Women Height: 13’ 5-1/2”.

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