Pontormo

=**__Jacopo Da Pontormo__**=

May 24, 1494 – January 2, 1557
Jacopo da Pontormo, also known as Jacob Carucci, was an Italian mannerist painter from the Flourentine school. At a young age it was said he apprenticed Leonardo Da Vinci, as well as Mariotto Albertinelli and Piero di Cosimo. At Age 18 it said that he entered the workshop of Andrea Del Sarto, where he received perhaps the greatest influence upon his work. Pontormo was considered to be a very precocious artist and by 1515 he had already created a distinctive artistic style for himself. Pontormo was primarily a religious painter, however he was also know for a number of portraits. He became much more recluse in his later life and nearly all that remains of his last works are the sketches and drawings.

__Mannerism__
Jacopo Da Pontormo's distinct style is that of a mannerist. This art movement lasted from about 1520 to 1580. Some of the most notable features of mannerism were elongated forms, precariously balanced poses, a collapsed perspective, irrational settings, and theatrical lighting, all elements clearly seen in Pontormo's work The Deposition from the Cross(Left).