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Jacopo Pontormo

Jacopo Carucci (sometimes spelled Carrucci) and called Pontormo, was an influential artist in the 16th century style of Mannerism and also as a precursor to the later Baroque period. His training, though sometimes brief, gave him a sweeping influence of the time, including teachers such as Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519), Mariotto Albertinelli (1474 – 1515), Piero di Cosimo (1462 – 1522) and prominently with Andrea del Sarto (1486 – 1531). His work became an important influence on his prominent pupil, Il Bronzino (1503 – 1572).

This breadth of influence formulated in Pontormo as a highly individual style, which helped define the development of early Mannerism, which would dominate the 16th century. His patrons in Florence where the Medici Family, giving even his early work a prevalent influence. An early portrait by Pontormo, Portrait of Cosimo the Elder, is of the Medici Ruler, Cosimo de’ Medici (1389 – 1464), now at the Uffizi Gallery. One of his earliest works, Leda and the Swan, influenced by da Vinci’s own depiction of Leda, also hangs in the Uffizi. Though,

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Pontormo

Florentine Mannerist painter

Jacopo Carucci or Carrucci (IPA:[ˈjaːkopoka(r)ˈruttʃi]; May 24, 1494 – January 2, 1557), usually known as Jacopo (da) Pontormo or simply Pontormo (IPA:[ponˈtormo]), was an Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine School. His work represents a profound stylistic shift from the calm perspectival regularity that characterized the art of the Florentine Renaissance.^[1] He is famous for his use of twining poses, coupled with ambiguous perspective; his figures often seem to float in an uncertain environment, unhampered by the forces of gravity.

Biography and early work

Jacopo Carucci was born at Pontorme (then known as Pontormo or Puntormo), near Empoli, to Bartolomeo di Jacopo di Martino Carrucci and Alessandra di Pasquale di Zanobi. Vasari relates how the orphaned boy, "young, melancholy, and lonely", was shuttled around as a young apprentice:

Jacopo had not been many months in Florence before Bernardo Vettori sent him to stay with Leonardo da Vinci, and then with Mariotto
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Pontormo (real name Jacopo Carucci; may 24, 1494, Pontormo, now a suburb of Empoli — January 2, 1557, Florence) — Italian painter, representative of the Florentine school, one of the founders of mannerism.
At the age of ten he lost his father, Pontormo went to Florence, where he spent his entire life. He studied with Piero di Cosimo and Andrea del Sarto. In his early works the influence of Leonardo da Vinci and Sarto (painted lunettes in the Villa medicea di Poggio a Caiano). Later a great influence on his work had a familiarity with the engravings of dürer. Pontormo gradually departs from the tradition of the Renaissance. Significant work: "Christ at Emmaus", 1525, Uffizi, Florence; "Madonna with St. Joseph and Saint John the Baptist", the Hermitage, St. Petersburg; "the Meeting of Mary and Elizabeth", the Church of San Michele, Carmignano, 1528-1530.
PONTORMO, JACOPO DA (Pontormo, Iacopo da) (crust. the name of Carucci) (1494-1557), Italian painter, one of the founders of the Mannerist trend in art of the Renaissance.
Born in Pontormo (Tuscany) may 24, 1494 in the family of