A History of European Art

The characteristics of Mannerism can be seen in several signi¿ cant artists, including Jacopo Pontormo (1494–1557). By the age o ...

Lecture 27: Mannerism and the Late Work of Michelangelo the ¿ gures are agitated and angular, creating a sense of stiÀ ed moveme ...

contemporary biographer, said so, but because Nicodemus was thought to have been a sculptor and could, therefore, serve as a pat ...

Lecture 27: Mannerism and the Late Work of Michelangelo With this closing act in the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo gave the concl ...

Jacopo Pontormo: Entombment (or Deposition), 1528, fresco, 10’ 3” H (3.1 m H), Church of Sta. Felicità, Florence, Italy. Visitat ...

Lecture 28: Annibale Carracci and the Reform of Art Annibale Carracci and the Reform of Art .................................... ...

Note the concentric circles of the blessed, arranged in rings of clouds, who witness and accompany the Virgin in her Assumption. ...

Lecture 28: Annibale Carracci and the Reform of Art non-canonical proportions, such as elongations. Annibale was the ¿ nest arti ...

The Camerino was the cardinal’s study. The centerpiece of this room’s decoration is the Choice of Hercules (c. 1595–1597). Hercu ...

Lecture 28: Annibale Carracci and the Reform of Art Another view shows a corner of the Farnese Gallery. This is painted to show ...

after this, Annibale, who had worked himself nearly to death on the Farnese Gallery, suffered a physical and mental collapse. Af ...

Lecture 28: Annibale Carracci and the Reform of Art Dempsey, Annibale Carracci. Friedlaender, Mannerism and Anti-Mannerism in It ...

Caravaggio ..................................................................................... Lecture 29 We have spoken of th ...

Lecture 29: Caravaggio name of his town probably because he shared his ¿ rst name with the famous Michelangelo, and contemporari ...

theologian insisted that the nudity of angels signi¿ ed their freedom from earthly contamination. The angel has his back to us; ...

Lecture 29: Caravaggio during World War II. This rendition was rejected because of St. Matthew’s plebian characteristics and the ...

Caravaggio left Rome in May 1606, after he had killed a man in a duel, and never returned. He traveled to Naples, then to Malta, ...

Lecture 29: Caravaggio John’s hand supports Christ’s shoulder but also touches the lance wound in his side. The Madonna’s arms a ...

David with the Head of Goliath, c. 1609–10, oil on canvas, 4’ 1 ¼” x 3’ 3 ¾” (1.25 x 1.01 m), Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy. Th ...

Lecture 30: Italian Baroque Painting in Rome Italian Baroque Painting in Rome .................................................. ...