A History of European Art

Jacopo Pontormo:

Entombment (or Deposition), 1528, fresco, 10’ 3” H (3.1 m H), Church

of Sta. Felicità, Florence, Italy.

Visitation, 1514–16, fresco, 12’ 10” H (3.19 m H), Atrium, Church of

Ss. Annunziata, Florence, Italy.

Gruber, ed., The History of Decorative Arts.

Kliemann and Roh, Italian Frescoes.

1. What are the major stylistic elements of Mannerism and how are
   they used?


2. Compare and contrast Michelangelo’s earlier Pietà in St. Peter’s with
   his later Pietà in the Opera del Duomo.

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