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Mannerism

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Also known as Late Renaissance

thumb|upright=1.2|In Parmigianino's [[Madonna with the Long Neck (1534–1540), Mannerism makes itself known by elongated proportions, highly stylized poses, and lack of clear perspective.]]

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Mannerism is an artistic style that emerged in the 16th century, characterized by elongated proportions, highly stylized poses, and unclear spatial perspective, as seen in works like Parmigianino's *Madonna with the Long Neck*. It matters as a significant movement in art history that represented a deliberate departure from the balanced, naturalistic approach of earlier Renaissance art.

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Nomenclature
  • Origin and development
  • Origins and models
  • The competitive spirit
  • Early mannerism
  • High maniera
  • Spread
  • Sculpture
  • Early theorists
  • Giorgio Vasari
  • Gian Paolo Lomazzo
  • Characteristics of artworks
  • Artists and examples of their work
  • Jacopo da Pontormo
  • Rosso Fiorentino and the School of Fontainebleau
  • Agnolo Bronzino
  • Alessandro Allori
  • Jacopo Tintoretto
  • El Greco
  • Benvenuto Cellini
  • Lavinia Fontana
  • Taddeo Zuccaro (or Zuccari)
  • Federico Zuccaro (or Zuccari)
  • Joachim Wtewael
  • Giuseppe Arcimboldo
  • Architecture
  • Renaissance examples
  • Literature and music
  • Mannerism and theatre
  • Commedia dell'arte, ''disegno interno'', and the ''discordia concors''
  • Neo-Mannerism
  • Theatre and cinema
  • As a term of criticism
  • See also
  • Footnotes
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|upright=1.2|In Parmigianino's [[Madonna with the Long Neck (1534–1540), Mannerism makes itself known by elongated proportions, highly stylized poses, and lack of clear perspective.]]

Mannerism is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Italy, when the Baroque style largely replaced it. Northern Mannerism continued into the early 17th century.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mannerism” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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