The document compares works from the High Renaissance and Mannerist periods, noting differences in stylistic qualities like narrative, composition, light, space, and proportions. It identifies Raphael and Michelangelo as precursors to the Mannerist style which broke from Renaissance classicism through effects like artificiality, drama, and lack of underlying geometry. Raphael's Transfiguration blends High Renaissance and Mannerist qualities by depicting Christ's redemption above and man's flaws below through dichotomy. Differences between Raphael's classical Madonna and Child and Parmigianino's elongated Mannerist version are described across content, narrative, space, composition, proportions, figure, and color.

1. High Renaissance and Mannerism Spot the differences…

2. Look at these images and see if you can identify three stylistic differences.

3. Leonardo da Vinci. The Last Supper. c.1495-1498. Oil and tempera on plaster. Santa Maria delle Grazie, Refectory, Milan, Italy.

4. Jacopo Tintoretto 1518 – 1594 The Last Supper oil on canvas (365 × 568 cm) —San Giorgo Maggiore, Venice

7. Now look at these two following works and see if you can identify the stylistic differences.

8. Raphael, The Entombment , panel, 184  176 cm, 1507

9. Pontormo, The Entombment , panel, 313  192 cm, c. 1525

13. Raphael The Transfiguration 1516-1520 oil on wood 405 x 278 cm

15. Transfiguration (top detail)

16. Transfiguration (bottom detail)

18. Let’s have a look at a fairly classical theme, one that Raphael was best known for…the Madonna and Child theme. Look at the following two images and note describe three differences between them.

19. Raphael. Colonna Madonna. c.1508. Oil on panel. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.

20. PARMIGIANINO Madonna with Long Neck Oil on Wood, 1537-1540, 135.0cm x 219.0cm Galleria degli Uffizi , Florence Italy