Manierismo - History Lab

Summer

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:12 +0000

Giuseppe Arcimboldo was a Lombard painter who worked at the Habsburg court in Vienna and Prague. His original portraits compose faces from fruit and objects, giving rise to cycles of the seasons

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Eleanor of Toledo with her son Juan de Medici

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000

Portrait by Bronzino, court painter to Cosimo I de Medici and representative of Mannerism. The Duke’s wife and one of his sons are depicted in rich clothes. She was the daughter of the Viceroy of Naples Pedro de Toledo, Marquis of Villafranca. Their marriage sealed the Florentine alliance with the Spanish Monarchy

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View and map of Toledo

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000

A work by El Greco, in which he depicts both a view and a plan of the imperial city. In the background are the city walls, the Tagus and the Tavera Hospital. In the sky the imposition of the chasuble on Saint Ildefonso, a recurring theme in Toledan religion. In the foreground, a boy holds the city map

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The wedding at Cana

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000

An immense painting by Paolo Caliari the Veronese, intended for the refectory of the monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. The New Testament episode is set in lavish Palladian architecture and among the guests he portrays sovereigns, artists and himself among the musicians. He mixes the biblical narrative with anachronisms that reflect the apotheosis of Venetian art.

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Fray Hortensio Félix Paravicino

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000

Seated portrait by El Greco showing a Trinitarian friar wearing shoes, well known for his intellectual gifts. This is reflected in the books he holds. It is an example of the sales of Spanish art made at the beginning of the 20th century, destined for North American collections.

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The gentleman with his hand on his chest

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:31:59 +0000

Portrait of El Greco, by an anonymous nobleman. One of the emblems of Golden Age Spain. The knight must have been a member of the high nobility of Toledo, whose clothing, arms and gesture symbolise the virtues of the nobleman. He appears to be swearing an oath. He combines the elegance of the warrior with the elegance of the Spanish knight, dressed in black and defending the Catholic faith

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Dánae

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:31:59 +0000

Mythological painting showing how Venus gave in to one of her lovers, transforming herself into a shower of gold, in order to avoid imprisonment. It was commissioned by the Duke of Mantua, together with three other mythological works. The elevation of Mantua to a duchy led the Gonzaga to give them as a gift to the Emperor Charles V. Its author, Correggio, is one of the great references of Mannerism

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Pedro Maria Rossi, Count of San Segundo

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:31:53 +0000

Parmigianino’s painting of an Italian aristocrat. The artist, whose real name was Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, was one of the foremost artists of early Italian Mannerism

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Birth of Venus

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:31:28 +0000

During the 15th century, European civilisation underwent an important process of enrichment and expansion, in addition to profound political, economic and social transformations. In short, there was a change of mentality that culminated in the emergence of a new artistic and literary movement, the Renaissance. This cultural epoch is rooted in anthropocentrism (Man as the centre of the Universe) and in the revaluation of the individual personality, while at the same time it is strongly marked by its attempt to break with the Middle Ages in order to recover the forms of classical Antiquity. It originated in Florence, where it was born in the early 1400s, and lasted for two centuries in three distinct stages. The first, the 15th century, is known as the Quattrocento or early Renaissance; the second, as the Cinquecento or full Renaissance, reduced to the first 20 years of the 16th century and considered the period of plenitude; the third and last is called Mannerism, which covers the rest of the 16th century and in which certain anti-classical connotations predominate. The architecture, which mainly uses stone and marble, is dominated by a high degree of proportion and symmetry; in this field, churches with a centralised plan and a variety of civil buildings stand out: villas, palaces, hospitals and libraries. The architects Filippo Brunelleschi, Leon Battista Alberti, Bramante, Andrea Palladio and Michelangelo stand out. Man is the fundamental subject of sculpture, whether religious or profane, and he was the protagonist of a large number of portraits of a royal, heroic, equestrian or funerary nature. The materials used are diverse, the most common being stone, marble, bronze, wood and terracotta. The most notable figure is Michelangelo, who was joined by Lorenzo Ghiberti, Donatello, Andrea Verrocchio and Luca della Robbia. Finally, the main centres of painting were Florence, Rome and Venice. During the Quattrocento, artists focused their attention on perspective and composition, with Fra Angelico, Massaccio, Piero della Francesca, Ghirlandaio and Botticelli, the latter two being painters of a refined and detailed style. Finally, Cinquecento painting was dominated by simple, monumental forms in which a high degree of technical perfection was achieved, with important examples in the works of Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo.

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