St. Sebastian (1525) Oil on canvas, 206 x 154 cm Galleria Palatina, Florence

Il Sodoma (1477 - February 14, 1549?) was the name given to the Italian Mannerist painter Giovanni Antonio Bazzi (also wrongly spelled Razzi). Il Sodoma painted in a manner that superimposed the High Renaissance style of early 16th-century Rome onto the traditions of the provincial Sienese school. Download high resolution version (680x950, 133 KB)St. ... Download high resolution version (680x950, 133 KB)St. ... Events January 5 - Battle of Nancy - Charles the Bold of Burgundy is again defeated, and this time is killed. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events July - Ketts Rebellion Francis Xavier arrives in Japan. ... Mannerism is the term used to describe the artistic style that arose in mid-16th century. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... The Creation of Adam, Michelangelos fresco from the . ... The Sienese School of painting flourished in Italy between the 13th and 15th centuries and for a time rivalled Florence, though it was more conservative, being inclined towards the decorative beauty and elegant grace of late Gothic art. ...

The artist's real surname is uncertain. He is said to have borne the family name of "Sodona" but also the name "Tizzioni". Sodona is the signature on some of his pictures. While Bazzi was corrupted into Razzi, Sodona may have been corrupted into "Sodoma". Whatever the origin, the name was long believed to indicate that the artist possessed an immoral, homosexual character.

Bazzi was of the family de Bazis, and born at Vercelli in Lombardy in 1477. His first master was Martino Spanzotti, by whom one signed picture is known; he also appears to have been a student of the painter Giovenone. After acquiring the strong coloring and other distinctive stylistic features of the Lombard school, he traveled to Siena towards the close of the 15th century, at the behest of agents of the Spannocchi family. He spent the bulk of his professional life in the Tuscan city and is considered a painter of the Sienese school, although not strictly affiliated with it in terms of style. Vercelli (Varséj in Piedmontese; Vercellae in Latin) is a commune and city of about 46,000 inhabitants in the Province of Vercelli, Italy. ... Lombardy (Italian: Lombardia) is a region in northern Italy between the Alps and the Po river valley. ... Events January 5 - Battle of Nancy - Charles the Bold of Burgundy is again defeated, and this time is killed. ... Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... The Sienese School of painting flourished in Italy between the 13th and 15th centuries and for a time rivalled Florence, though it was more conservative, being inclined towards the decorative beauty and elegant grace of late Gothic art. ...

Along with Pinturicchio, Bazzi was one of the first to practice in Siena the style of the early Italian Cinquecento. His first important works were 17 frescoes in the Benedictine monastery of Monte Oliveto Maggiore (on the road from Siena to Rome) illustrating the life of St Benedict in continuation of the series that Luca Signorelli had begun in 1498. Bazzi completed the set in 1502 and included a self portrait with badgers.[1] The Crucifixion with Sts Jerome and Christopher (1471) Oil on wood, 59 x 40 cm Galleria Borghese, Rome Pinturicchio (1454-1513), Italian painter, whose full name was Bernardino di Betti. ... A Benedictine is a person who follows the Rule of St Benedict. ... Monte Oliveto Maggiore is a large Benedictine monastery in the Italian region of Tuscany, 10 km south of Asciano. ... This article is about Saint Benedict of Nursia, for other uses of the name Benedict see Benedict (disambiguation) Saint Benedict of Nursia (c. ... fresco of the Last Judgment (1499) in Orvieto Cathedral Luca Signorelli (c. ... 1498 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1502 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Bazzi was invited to Rome by the celebrated Sienese merchant Agostino Chigi and was employed there by Pope Julius II in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. He executed two great compositions and various ornaments and grotesques. The decorative elements are still extant, but the larger works did not satisfy the pope, who engaged Raphael to substitute his Justice, Poetry, and Theology. In the Chigi Palace (now the Farnesina) Bazzi painted subjects from the life of Alexander the Great: Alexander in the Tent of Darius and the Nuptials of the Conqueror with Roxana, which some people consider his masterpiece. When Leo X became pope (1513), Bazzi presented him with a picture of the Death of Lucretia (or of Cleopatra, according to some accounts). Leo gave him a large sum of money as a reward and created him a cavaliere. Details of the decorations of the Loggia di Psiche in the Villa Farnesina, Agostino Chigis villa in Rome. ... Julius II, born Giuliano della Rovere (December 5, 1443 – February 21, 1513), was Pope from 1503 to 1513. ... This page is about the artist. ... Villa Farnesina. ... For the film of the same name, see Alexander the Great (1956 film). ... Pope Leo X, born Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici (11 December 1475 – 1 December 1521) was Pope from 1513 to his death. ... 1513 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cleopatra was a co-ruler of Egypt with her father (Ptolemy XII Auletes), her brothers/husbands Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV, consummated a liaison with Gaius Julius Caesar that solidified her grip on the throne, and, after Caesars assassination, aligned with Mark Antony, with whom she produced twins. ... The silver Anglia knight, commissioned as a trophy in 1850, intended to represent the Black Prince. ...

Bazzi afterwards returned to Siena and, at a later date, sought work in Pisa, Volterra, and Lucca. From Lucca he returned to Siena not long before his death on 14 February 1549 (older narratives say 1554). He had supposedly squandered his property and is said, without documentary support, to have died in penury in the great hospital of Siena. This article discusses the Italian city. ... A view of Volterra Volterra is a town in the Tuscany region, Italy. ... Lucca is a city in Tuscany, northern central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plain near (but not on) the Ligurian Sea. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events July - Ketts Rebellion Francis Xavier arrives in Japan. ... Events January 5 - Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands. ...

In his youth, Bazzi had married, but he and his wife soon separated. A daughter married Bartolommeo Neroni, called also Riccio Sanese or Maestro Riccio, one of Bazzi's principal pupils.

It is said that Bazzi jeered at Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists and that Vasari repaid him by presenting a negative account of Bazzi's morals and demeanour and withholding praise of his work. According to Vasari, the name by which Bazzi was known was "Il Mattaccio" (the Madcap, the Maniac), this epithet having been bestowed upon him by the monks of Monte Oliveto. He dressed gaudily, like a mountebank, and his house was a Noah's ark, owing to the strange miscellany of animals he kept there. He was a cracker of jokes, fond of music, and he sang poems composed by himself on indecorous subjects. Giorgio Vasaris selfportrait Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Giorgio Vasari Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, Tuscany July 3, 1511 - Florence, June 27, 1574) was an Italian painter and architect, mainly known for his famous biographies of Italian artists. ... This article is about the vessel described in the Hebrew scriptures. ...

Vasari alleges that Bazzi was always a negligent artist, his early success in Siena, where he painted many portraits, being partly due to lack of competition. As he aged, he became too lazy to make cartoons for his frescoes but daubed them straight onto the wall. Vasari nevertheless admits that Bazzi produced some works of very fine quality and that during his lifetime his reputation was high.

Some of his works, including the Holy Family now in the Pinacoteca, have been mistaken for works of Da Vinci. His easel pictures are rare; there are two in the National Gallery, London. Leonardo and Da Vinci redirect here. ... The National Gallery from Trafalgar Square The National Gallery is an art gallery in London, located on the north side of Trafalgar Square. ...

It is uncertain whether Bazzi was a pupil of Leonardo da Vinci, though Morelli, in his Italian Pictures in German Galleries claimed that he ripened into an artist only during the two years (1498-1500) that he spent with Leonardo in Milan. Some critics see in Bazzi's Madonna in the Brera (if it really is by Bazzi) the direct influence of this master. Modern criticism follows Morelli in supposing that Raphael painted Bazzi's portrait in The School of Athens, while a drawing at Christ Church is supposed to be a portrait of Raphael by Bazzi. Leonardo and Da Vinci redirect here. ... Giovanni Morelli (1816 - 1891) was an Italian art critic and political figure. ... 1498 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Raphael or Raffaello (April 6, 1483 – April 6, 1520), born in Urbino, Italy, was a master painter and architect of the Florentine school in the Italian High Renaissance, celebrated for the perfection and grace of his paintings. ... The School of Athens is one of the most famous paintings by the Italian renaissance artist Raphael. ...

Among his masterpieces are the frescoes, completed in 1526, in the chapel of St. Catherine of Siena painted for the church of San Domenico (Siena), depicting the saint in ecstasy, fainting as she receives the Eucharist from an angel. In the oratory of S. Bernardino, are scenes from the history of the Virgin, painted in conjunction with Pacchia and Beccafumi (1536-1538) — the Visitation and the Assumption. In S. Francesco, are the Deposition from the Cross (1513) and Christ Scourged. Many critics regard one or the other of these paintings as Bazzi's masterpiece. In the choir of the cathedral at Pisa is the Sacrifi. January 14 - Treaty of Madrid. ... St. ... For the death metal band from Sweden, see Eucharist (band) The Eucharist or Communion or The Lords Supper, is the rite that Christians perform in fulfilment of Jesus instruction, recorded in the New Testament,[1] to do in memory of him what he did at his Last Supper. ... In Roman times, Vestal Virgins were strictly celibate or they were punished by death. ... Girolamo del Pacchia, (c. ... Self-portrait, 1525-1530 The beheading of Spurius Cassius, fresco (1532-1535), Palazzo Pubblico, Siena. ... Events February 2 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... Events Treaty of Nagyvarad. ... Visitation can mean several things: In the United States, visitation is the legal term for the right of a non-custodial parent to visit with their children: see contact. ... Look up assumption in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1513 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article discusses the Italian city. ...

Partial anthology of works

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• Sacra Conversacione (1542, Museo di San Matteo, Pisa)
• Lucrezia (Turin)
• Ordination of Saint Alfonso (1530, Santo Spirito, Siena)
• Saint Sebastian with Madonna and Angels,(1542, Museo di San Matteo, Pisa)[2]
• Rape of Sabine Women (1525,Galleria d'Arte Antica, Rome)[3]
• Di Drei Parzen (1525,Galleria d'Arte Antica, Rome)[4]
• Saint George and Dragon (1518, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)[5]
• Frescos for Marriage of Alexander and Roxanne for Palazzo Chigi (Siena)
• The Death of Lucretia (1513, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest)[6]
• The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine (1539-40, Galleria d'Arte Antica, Rome)[7]
• Allegory of Celestial Love (Chigi Saracini Collection, Siena)
• Pietà (1540, Galleria Borghese, Rome)
• The Road to Calvary (1510, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest)
• Flagellation of Christ (1510, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest)
• Sacra Conversacione (1542, Museo di San Matteo, Pisa)

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References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
• Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, by Robert H Hobart Cust (1906), which contains a full bibliography.
• La Fratta, an Italian National Monument with a Sodoma's Fresco

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