Readings:

bring your question/comment based on Shearman's Mannerism to class today; look especially at his introductory parts and conclusion (p. 165 ff), about the issue of decorum. We'll talk about Mannerism and courtly culture.

Images: set number rt223-5 Image Database

• Parmigianino. Madonna with the Long Neck. 1535.
• Parmigianino. Self Portrait. 1524
• Pontormo. Deposition. 1525-8
• Rosso Fiorentino. Deposition. 1521
• Bronzino. Portrait of Cosimo I in armour. 1545
• Bronzino. Allegory (with Venus, Cupid, and Time). 1545
• Michelangelo. New Sacristy. 1519-34. San Lorenzo, Florence, with tombs of Giuliano and Lorenzo de Medici and allegorical figures of Day and Night, Dawn and Dusk
• Michelangelo. Laurentian library. Reading Room begun 1524; vestibule begun 1559. San Lorenzo, Florence

Terms:

maniera
sprezzatura
Think also about the descriptive terms for Mannerism we identified from Vasari, and how these qualities are expressed visually: variety, difficulty, etc.

Patrons:

Elena Baiardi, Parma
Ludovico Capponi, Florence
Cosimo I de Medici ( 1519-74)

Artists:
Jacopo Carrucci da Pontormo (1494-1557)
Il Rosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di Jacopo, 1495-1540)
Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola , 1503-40)
Bronzino (Agnolo Tori, 1503-72)
Michelangelo