Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Entombment, Pontormo


Title: Entombment
Artist: Jacopo Pontormo
Location: Capponi Chapel, Santa Felicita, Florence
Date: 1525 - 28

  • Vertical format gives it a more devotional look
  • less linked to the narrative
  • not situated anywhere
  • style is mannerist - describes a style which focuses on grace to the point of artifice, elongated forms - dismissal of proportions, light,pastel colours - beauty for its own sake - elegant figures, skilled painiting
  • style as a socio-political tool
  • Values classical art
  • Grace becomes an ideal in painting
  • meditative composition - subject - eucharist
  • Draws viewer into the painting with pastels
  • floating figures in background

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