Chapter 47, 16th Century Art of Italy

47.17 Giacomo da Vignola and Giacomo della Porta, Church of the Gesu

• Italian renaissance style architecture

• this is a neighborhood church, local and modest, meant to be smaller and more welcoming than the huge cathedrals and churches.

• basilica style, nave that goes down to the apse and side aisles.

47.16 Michelangelo, Last Judgement

• fresco

• he was originally meant to paint a different scene but the Pope had him change to the last judgement scene.

• this was pointed and meant to be pointed to people who believed in the reformation.

47.3 Jacopo Carucci da Pontormo, Deposition of Christ

• Mannerism: denoting a mannered or contrived style. known for intellectual sophistication, and artificial elegance.

• this is an example of a classic mannerist painting.

• Christ is disproportional, not based on real life figures like the modest dignity of the high renaissance paintings.

47.4 Parmigianino, Madonna of the Long Neck

• long limbs and non accurate perspective. they know how to do accurate proportions and perspective but they are rejecting it.

47.1 Michelangelo, tomb of Giuliano de Medici

• Volute: decorative element in the form of a coiled scroll

• Pilaster: a flat, rectangular projection from a wall.

• sarcophagus

• Giuliano helped design this tomb before he died.

• the figures are meant to represent day and night. day is on the right.

47.9 Giorgione da Castelfranco, The Tempest

• from Venice, Italy

• a German soldier watches a woman breast feed.

• this is possibly inspired by Virgil’s series of poems

47.8 Aldus Puis Manutius, Aldine Eclogues by Virgil

• the first use of italic font

• Virgil is a Roman poet who wrote this series of poetry about escaping the city, meaning Rome.

• romanticizes living pastoral lives.

47.10 Titian, Pastoral Concert

• also inspired by Virgil’s epilogues

• the poetry also heavily valued musicians, which this painting includes.

• this uses oil on canvas, Venice had a huge canvas making productions for sails on boats. This is the distinct medium for Venetian artists of this time.

47.11 Titian, Venis of Urbina, oil on canvas

• cassone- a chest given to a bride, holds clothing and household textiles and is often richly decorated.

• this is a risky thing at the time to paint a nude woman like this. it is excused because she is a bride.

• she is seen possibly preparing for her husband after her wedding.