Jacopo Da Pormo Influence

Meganlyn Lastine

ARH 202

Contextual Analysis Paper

April 13th, 2016

Jacopo da Pontormo’s Influence on Mannerism

In Italy, the Renaissance and its influences on the artistic world had lasted well into the seventeenth century. However in the early sixteenth century a new art movement began to form to counter the elements found in Renaissance artwork, this movement was to be known as Mannerism. The following essay directs attention to Florentine painter, Jacopo da Pontormo; Jacopo da Pontormo was an artist most well known in the Mannerism movement in Italy during the sixteenth century. One of his paintings from his Mannerist career is Young Woman in a White Dress. Jacopo de Pontormo, Young Woman in a White Dress, 1529, Mannerism, oil paint on

The High Renaissance was in motion. The ideals in art were beauty, balance, order, and most of all religion. The cultural center of the time period shifted from Florence to Rome as popes became the leading patrons for artists, especially the more well-known artists such as Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Raphael. The Pope that contributed the most to the arts was Pope Julius II. Along with the rise of commissions for the church, artists started to draw upon Humanistic values. Besides the High Renaissance, Northern art was influencing art in Italy at the time, especially artists like Durer. Printmaking and engraving from the North were also rising in popularity. This was a big change in the artistic world. Art was able to be mass produced with printmaking, making art also more available to different classes. However, certain types of art had blocks placed on them by the government in an attempt to manage the art trade

Scholars have a hard time officially defining what “Mannerism” is compared to the art movement before and after it. Early Mannerism consisted of more “anti-classical” or “anti-Renaissance” styles to counter the expected characteristics of High Renaissance art. As the Mannerist movement continued the style developed the stretched figures and less natural appearances of the scenes. This ended in many asymmetrical compositions due to the emphasized proportions