1. Art History 2: Class 3
Names and terms:
Raphael, Giulio Romano, Mannerism, Mantua, Palazzo del Te, Pontormo, Rosso Fiorentino,
Bronzino, Parmigianino, Council of Trent, Counter-Reformation, Spain/Habsburgs, Charles V,
Titian, Philip II, El Escorial, Hispano-Flamenco, Juan Fernandez de Navarrete (El Mudo),
Domenikos Theotokopulos (El Greco), Crete, icons, Venice, Tintoretto, Toledo, Disrobing of
Christ, St. Maurice and the Theban League, Sanchez Coello, The Burial of the Count of Orgaz,
Gonzalo Ruiz, Santo Tome, Sts. Augustine and Stephen, Andres Nuñez, Justification/good
works, intercessors, Carracci (Italy), Bologna (Carraci Academy; Annibale Carraci)
Possible essay questions:
--Who were some key Mannerist painters? Discuss Counter-Reformation attempts to reform
Mannerism in art. Discuss the Escorial project in Spain--how was El Greco’s contribution to the
project received?
--Discuss the life and career of El Greco. Discuss the commission for his painting of the Burial
of the Count of Orgaz. How did the painting serve as an effective statement of Counter-
Reformation doctrines?
Images:
Descent from the Cross by Rosso Fiorentino, 1521, p.349
Allegory by A. Bronzino, 1546, p.350
Sala dei Gigante (Palazzo del Te) by Giulio Romano, 1530s, p.356
Madonna with the Long Neck by Parmigianino, 1535, p.357
The Burial of Count Orgaz by El Greco, 1586, p.367