Mannerism

- center of circular composition: grouping of hands

- elongation of bodies

- high-keyed colors; taking into account darkness of the chapel placed in?

- no ground line for many figures; what is Mary sitting on?

- hands seem disembodied

- some androgynous figures

- no weeping, just yearning

- linear bodies twisting around one another

- anti-classical composition

- no tomb, just carrying of Jesus's lifeless body

Entombment of Christ

- principal church of Jesuit order

- column groupings emphasize central doorway

- tympanum and pediment over central door

- slight crescendo of forms toward center

- two stories separated by cornice; united by scrolls

- framing niche acts as unifying device

- interior has no aisles, meant for grand ceremonies

Il Gesù Facade