Exam Study Notes

Mannerism and Late Renaissance Art

Jacopo da Pontormo

  • Entombment of Christ (1525–1528)
    • Located in the Capponi Chapel, Santa Felicità, Florence, Italy.
    • Oil on wood, dimensions: 10’ 3” x 6’ 4”.
    • Figure 22-42.

Parmigianino

  • Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (1524)

    • Oil on wood, diameter: 9 5/8”.
    • Located in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
    • Figure 22-43.

  • Madonna with the Long Neck (1534–1540)

    • From the Baiardi Chapel, Santa Maria dei Servi, Parma, Italy.
    • Oil on wood, dimensions: 7’ 1” x 4’ 4”.
    • Located in the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.

Bronzino

  • Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time (ca. 1546)

    • Oil on wood, dimensions: 5’ 1” x 4’ 8 1/4”.
    • Located in the National Gallery, London.
    • Figure 22-45.
    • Referenced at: https://smarthistory.org/bronzino-an-allegory-with-venus-and-cupid/

  • Eleanora of Toledo and Giovanni de’ Medici (ca. 1546)

    • Oil on wood, dimensions: 3’ 9 1/4" X 3’ 1 3/4".
    • Located in the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.
    • Figure 22-46.

Sofonisba Anguissola

  • Self-Portrait at the Easel (1556)

    • Oil on canvas.
    • Figure 22-46.

  • Portrait of the Artist’s Sisters and Brother (ca. 1555)

    • Oil on panel, dimensions: 2’ 5 1/4” x 3’ 1 1/2”.
    • Located in the Methuen Collection, Corsham Court, Wiltshire.
    • Figure 22-47.

Tintoretto

  • Last Supper (1594)
    • Oil on canvas, dimensions: 12’ x 18’ 8”.
    • Located in San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice.
    • Figure 22-48.

Paolo Veronese

  • Christ in the House of Levi (1573)

    • From the refectory of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, Italy.
    • Oil on canvas, dimensions: 18’ 3” x 42’.
    • Located in the Galleria dell’Accademia, Venice.
    • Figure 22-49.
    • Referenced at: https://smarthistory.org/paolo-veronese-feast-in-the-house-of-levi/

  • Triumph of Venice (ca. 1585)

    • Oil on canvas, dimensions: 29’ 8” x 19’.
    • Ceiling of the Hall of the Grand Council, Doge’s Palace, Venice.
    • Figure 22-50.

Correggio

  • Assumption of the Virgin (1526–1530)
    • Fresco, dimensions: 35’ 10” x 37’ 11”.
    • Parma Cathedral, Parma.
    • Figure 22-51.

Benvenuto Cellini

  • Saltcellar of Francis I (1540-1543)

    • Gold, enamel, and ebony, dimensions: 10 ¼” X 1’ 1’ 1/8”.
    • Located in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
    • Figure 22-52.

  • Perseus with the Head of Medusa (1545–1554)

    • Bronze.
    • Referenced at: https://smarthistory.org/benvenuto-cellini-perseus-with-the-head-of-medusa/

Giovanni da Bologna

  • Abduction of the Sabine Women (1579–1583)
    • Located in the Loggia dei Lanzi, Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy.
    • Marble, height: 13’ 5 1/2”.
    • Figure 22-53.

Michelangelo Buonarroti

  • Vestibule of the Laurentian Library (1524-1534)
    • Located in Florence, Italy.
    • Staircase (1558-1559).
    • Figure 22-56.
    • Note: Examine Mannerist elements in design.

El Greco

  • View of Toledo (ca. 1610)

    • Oil on canvas, dimensions: 3’ 11 3/4" X 3’ 6 3/4".
    • Located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (H.O. Havemeyer Collection. Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929).
    • Figure 23-26.

  • The Burial of Count Orgaz (1586)

    • Oil on canvas, dimensions: 16’ x 12’.
    • Located in Santo Tomé, Toledo.
    • Figure 23-27.