Why are celebrities grabbing their paint brushes during the Great Lockdown, and what exactly is the elusive art movement they call Mannerism? Plus Waldy’s self-portrait as Philip Guston.
MANNERISM
Vertumnus the god of seasons (c. 1590-1591) by Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593)
Gardens of Bomarzo (16th century)
Venus, Cupid Folly and Time (1540-1546) by Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572)
The Madonna with the Long Neck (c. 1535-1540) by Parmigianino (1503-1540)
Visitation (1528) by Pontormo (1494-1557)
The Deposition from the Cross (1528) by Pontormo
Temptations of St Jerome (1541) by Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574)
Pallas Athene (1539) by Parmigianino
Noli me tangere (1561) by Agnolo Brozino
ISOLATION
Celebrities painting in lockdown
ON THE WALL
Sabine (2000) by Alison Watt (1965-)
Painting, Smoking, Eating (1973) by Philip Guston (1913-1980)
