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 (1525-
1527)
The Mystic Marriage of St.
Catherine, by Lorenzo Lotto (1524)