Beccafumi: A Mannerist Sienese with a Modern Vision
Sienese Mannerist Domenico Beccafumi (1486-1551) took his name from a wealthy Sienese patron of the same name—who also had him apprenticed to a local painter. From the very beginning, Beccafumi's highly personal style was concerned with light: he made light vibrate to convey emotion or spiritual illumination. He achieved his effects through strong perspective and contrapposto, soft colors, and elongated, elaborately intertwined figures. Contrapposto refers to the twisting of the human figure on its own vertical axis. Like other of the Mannerists, Beccafumi would wield influence during the much later Modern era.
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