Jacopo Pontormo Artist
Jacopo Carucci 1494-1557 usually known as Jacopo was an Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine School. His work represents a profound stylistic shift from the calm perspectival regularity that characterized the art of the Florentine Renaissance. He is famous for his use of twining poses, coupled with ambiguous perspective; his figures often seem to float in an uncertain environment, unhampered by the forces of gravity. The Deposition from the Cross 1528, is considered by many Pontormo's surviving masterpiece.