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Northern Mannerism

luis de vargas grid — What is mannerism, and why did it develop in the 16th century?

Mannerism, an introduction

by Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank and Dr. Heather Graham

Jan Gossaert, Saint Luke Painting the Madonna, c. 1515-25 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) — Without historical sources, what gives an artist authority to depict the divine? Gossaert channels St. Luke.

Jan Gossaert, Saint Luke Painting the Madonna

by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

Albrecht Altdorfer, The Battle of Issus (detail) — Time collapses in this ambitious painting. As the Greeks battle the Persians, the West fends off the Ottoman East.

Albrecht Altdorfer, The Battle of Issus

by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris

Pieter Aertsen, A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms, 1551, oil on panel 45 1/2 x 66 1/2" / 115.6 x 168.9 cm (North Carolina Museum of Art). Other versions include one in the University Art Collections, Uppsala University, Sweden. — This composition is bold and original. Front and center, a meat stall steals the spotlight from a religious scene.

Pieter Aertsen, Meat Stall

by Dr. Irene Schaudies