The Deposition from

the Cross, by:

Jacopo Pontormo

Distorted
Void
Lurid color
Crowded
SELF CONSCIOUS
Different from other

Lamentation of Christ,
Van der Weyden
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Joseph in Egypt

LURID
COLOR

CROWD
VOID IN
CENTER

Madonna with the

Long Neck,
Parmagianino
1534-1540

Distorted, long neck

Lurid color
Crowded
unusual spatial

compositions
Compares beauty of great
ivory tower with
Madonnas long neck
Emotional cupids faces

The Madonna of the Rose,

Andrea del Verrocchio (1460)

Venus, Cupid, Folly,

and Time

Meanings are
ambiguous

Allegories
Lascivious-undertone

Portrait of Laura
Battiferri

Nose and forehead are

distorted, to to call
attention to the size and
shape of her nose
Blank expression
The demure severity of
her pose and dress may
reflect the increased
rigidity of Catholic ethical
norms since the Council
of Trent (1545-1563).

Replace Reality
with Imagination

The Mystic Marriage of St.

Catherine, by Parmigianino (1
1527)

The Mystic Marriage of St.

Catherine, by Lorenzo Lotto (1524)