n important role model for other female Italian artists- Born in Cremona, Anguissola was the eldest and best known of six sisters, all of whom were artists- early works were mostly self-portraits and portraits of her familyPortrait of the Artists Sister Minerva- said that her best work was of relatives- intimate, charming portraitsMannerism in VeniceTintoretto- (1518-1594), Venetian painter, one of the foremost artists of the late 16th century- studied briefly with Venetian master Titian and also studied the works of Florentine mannerist painters Michelangelo and Jacopo Sansovino- incorporated these artists' different techniques, with striking results, in his paintings of the 1540s- spatial illusions, and intense colors to create an impression of action- later intensified his style, with techniques such as contrasts of brilliant light and cavernous dark that made color relatively insignificant, eccentric viewpoints, and extreme foreshortening to heighten the drama of the events portrayed-smoke from oil lamp turns into clouds of angels-Christ offers bread and wine as body and blood, to the apostles-Judas is seen on the far side, can be confused with an attendantEl Greco-greatest mannerist painter, named Domenikos Theotocopoulos, El Greco-came to Venice to learn from Michelangelo, Raphael, and Central Italian Mannerists- never forgot his Byzantine background, signed his name in Greek Burial of Count Orgaz-El Greco, 1586-In church of Santo Tome-St. Augustine and St. Stephen and Angels at the funeral- Sweeping flamelike action toward Christ, heavenly-bottom, formal, stiff, and settling- below it, there is a sarcophagus, showing the intombment of the count- There are 3 levels of reality shown, the heavens, the burial, and the actualsarcophagusVeronese- (1528-1588), Italian Renaissance painter, one of the great masters of the Venetian School- Born Paolo Caliari in Verona, he was called Veronese for his native city- combined elements of the...
