MANNERISM

Mannerism

Mannerism is a period of European art that emerged from the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520. It lasted until about 1580 in Italy, when the Baroque style began to replace it, but Northern Mannerism continued into the early 17th century.

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mannerism

Noun

  1. A group of verbal or other unconscious habitual behaviors peculiar to an individual.
  2. Exaggerated or effected style in art, speech, or other behavior.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. In literature, an ostentatious and unnatural style of the second half of the sixteenth century. In the contemporary criticism, described as a negation of the classicist equilibrium, pre-Baroque, and deforming expressiveness.
  2. In fine art, a style that is inspired by previous models, aiming to reproduce subjects in an expressive language.


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