ARTS 150 1st Edition Lecture 8 Outline of Lecture 8 I Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475 1564 II Venice Outline of Lecture 9 Northern Renaissance and Mannerism I Italy II Mannerism characteristics III Counter Reformation IV Northern Renaissance Current Lecture 9 Northern Renaissance and Mannerism Art in class review on Fri Sept 26 slide list posted by Mon September 22 I Italy a Last Supper Vinci vs last supper Tintoretto i Asymmetrical rather than symmetrical dynamism b Madonna of the long neck Parmigianino baby is 4ft long Mary s neck is long small figure in background with no depth explaining it all of her limbs are long and elongated top of her body is smaller with enormous lap legs Jesus is not supported and looks dead meant to resemble the pieta work where Mary is holding Jesus after his crucifixion foreshadowing seems to not really be sitting on anything Parmigianino knows the renaissance conventions but in order to do something different he plays with them II Mannerism 1520 1600 a Intellectually complex b Skilled techniques c Irrational spacial effects and elongated proportions d Enigmatic gestures and expressions e Obscure and erotic imagery f Strange secondary scenes c Entombment also called descent from the cross Jacopo Pontormo oil and tempera on wood panel These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute i In Renaissance most important part of subject was in middle this has Mary and Jesus on opposite sides sharing importance ii Places figures wherever without feeling the need to show where they are as far as what they are standing on etc iii Colors used to create a pattern not for individual of characters usually Mary is blue iv Man squatting in front in an impossible position d Bronzino Allegory with Venus and Cupid v Cupid and Venus in an incestuous embrace father time in top right oblivion on top left they are tearing the curtain away as if what has been going on and they are revealing it vi Little boy on right is folly behind him is fraud deceit Venus is disarming cupid love disarms war figure in dark on left is jealousy syphilis this painting would be kept not in public view but instead in a study where it could be contemplated III Counter Reformation Possible question which painting symbolizes the goals of the Counter Reformation 1475 church is selling indulgences 1520 protestant comes from the word protest reformation a Goal is to read bible and find a connection to god on their own no need for the church Counter Reformation pope trying to bring the faithful back i Roman inquisition many works of art are destroyed ones that conveyed bad images ii Michelangelo is brought back to Rome after being gone for 25 years b Michelangelo Last Judgment Sistine chapel high renaissance mannerism i He is absorbing some mannerism style ii Depicts Jesus coming down to sort the good from the bad symmetrical Jesus is in middle has a circular pattern as well right is people going to heaven left is those going to hell originally all figures were nude someone latter was hired to add draperies Jesus looks angry Mary by his side looks scared bodies have become distorted in a mannerism way St Bartholomew was martyred by being skinned alive his skin is supposed to be a self portrait of Michelangelo all figures are heavily muscular to the point of distortion St Catherine martyred by having breasts ripped off shown in green comforting a woman who is not sure she is going to be saved man in bottom corner thought to either be Satan or king Midas thought to resemble a specific cardinal cardinal goes to pope to get him to make Michelangelo change it pope says there are two things I have no control over on this earth god s will and what M chooses to paint c Veronese Feast in the house of Levi i Was originally called the last supper but to prevent being destroyed in inquisition name was changed ii Full of other people jesters etc iii Only three people are paying attention to Jesus iv Cardinal in background also not paying attention IV Northern Europe Northern Ren a Matthias Grunewald Isenheim Altarpiece i Could be opened twice ii Outside closed Jesus on the cross Jesus s suffering is more than in any southern work gruesome iii Open 1st right panel Gabriel coming to tell Mary she is going to have Jesus a Middle panel Mary and Jesus after he was born i choir of angels meant to be understood as being in heaven b Left panel resurrection showing the viewer the holes in his hands and feet magnificent halo iv Open 2nd sculpture in the center depiction of St Anthony being tormented by demons Temptation of St Anthony figure on bottom left shows a man with distended stomach and sores this alter piece is part of a chapel in a hospital packed with details