Artificiality in Mannerism: the Influence of Self-Fashioning
Artificiality in Mannerism: the Influence of Self-fashioning Author: Kira Maye Persistent link: http://hdl.handle.net/2345/495 This work is posted on eScholarship@BC, Boston College University Libraries. Boston College Electronic Thesis or Dissertation, 2007 Copyright is held by the author, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise noted. Artificiality in Mannerism: The Influence of Self-fashioning Kira Maye Professor Stephanie Leone Fine Arts Department, Art History Senior Honors Thesis April 2007 Table of Contents List of Illustrations 2 Introduction 3 Chapter I: Defining Mannerism 7 Chapter II: Vasari and Self-fashioning 27 Chapter III: Farnese Patronage and Self-fashioning 44 Conclusion 69 Illustrations 71 Bibliography 80 Illustrations Figures 1. Pontormo, Descent from the Cross, 1525-27 2. Rosso Fiorentino, Descent from the Cross, 1521 3. Rosso Fiorentino, The Dead Christ with Angels, 1524-27 4. Giovanni Bologna, Rape of the Sabine, 1583 5. Bronzino, Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time, c. 1546 6. Giorgio Vasari, Allegory of the Immaculate Conception, 1541 7. Giulio Clovio, Queen of Sheba before Solomon, 1546 8. Michelangelo, Victory, c. 1532-34 9. Francesco Salviati, History of Paul III, c. 1558 10. Francesco Salviati, Bathsheba Going to David, 1552-54 11. Giorgio Vasari, Justice, 1543 12. Giorgio Vasari, Sala dei Cento Giorni, 1546 13. Giorgio Vasari, Peace of Nice, 1546 14. Giorgio Vasari, Paul III Distributing Benefices, 1546 15. Giorgio Vasari, Rebuilding of St. Peter’s, 1546 16. Giorgio Vasari, Universal Homage to Paul III, 1546 17. Raphael, Vision of the Cross, 1517-24 Introduction In the sixteenth century, Giorgio Vasari created a three-part history of Italian art in Lives of the most eminent painters, sculptors and architects.
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