Lavinia Fontana and the “Maniera”

Lavinia Fontana and the "Maniera"

Six Paintings. One Concept

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End of the 16th century. Transition between Renaissance and Baroque. Artists searched for recognition by exhibiting their “Maniera” —their style— explicitly in their works. They made it evident and generated works of a high degree of sophistication.

That is why the movement is called “Mannerism.”

And in that world of skilled artists where women had not place, Lavinia Fontana —mother of 11 children— appeared. Her Maniera was so skilled and elegant —as we can see in the detail of the dress or neck of one of her portrayed women— that she turned in one of the first professional painters of the history. Another one is her contemporaneous Sofonisba Anguissola.

Recommended links:

El Greco and the Color of Mannerism.

Mannerism: Pontormo and his Colors.

Fundamental Paintings to Understand the History of Painting: The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, El Greco.

Wonderful Female Painters: Paula Modersohn-Becker.

Wonderful Female Painters: Leonora Carrington.

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