Module 20: Mannerism and the Transformation of the Classical Language

Mannerism

Characterized by the use of motifs in deliberate opposition to their original significance or context

Vestibule

An anteroom or entrance hall

What site is an example of vestibule?

Laurentian Library, Florence Italy, 1524

What site is an example of Mannerism?

Medici Chapel, Florence, Italy, 1520

Medici Chapel (Michelangelo)

Florence, Italy, 1520

Laurentian Library (Michelangelo)

Florence, Italy, 1525

Palazzo del Te (Giulio Romano)

Mantua, Italy, 1525

Pope Julius II (1443-1513)

patron of the arts who commissioned Bramante, Michelangelo, and Raphael to transform Rome into the capital of Christian humanism

Michelangelo (1475-1565)

trained in the workshop of Domenico Ghirlandaio and educated in the Medici humanist circle; key works include the Sistine Chapel ceiling to the dome of St. Peter’s

Pope Leo X (1475-1521)

Medici pope and mahoe patron of Renaissance culture who continued Julius II’s artistic programs and fostered the flourishing of Rome’s High Renaissance

Giulio Romano (1499-1546)

Raphael’s most gifted pupil and a leading architect-painter of the Mannerist era, best known for transforming classical vocabulary into inventive, theatrical forms at Mantua’s Palazzo del Te