Mannerism

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Mannerism was a 16th-century European art and architectural style characterized by artificiality, elongated proportions, and complex, often tension-filled compositions that reacted against the balanced harmony of the High Renaissance.

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Surface form Occurrences
Italian Mannerism 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style
art movement
cultural movement
countryOfOrigin Italy
developedIn Florence
Mantua NERFINISHED
Rome
central Italy
endTime late 16th century
etymology from Italian "maniera" meaning "style" or "manner"
field architecture
decorative arts
painting
sculpture
followedBy Baroque
follows High Renaissance NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic acid or unusual color
ambiguous space
artifice over naturalism
artificiality
complex compositions
crowded compositions
decorative excess in architecture
distorted perspective
elongated human figures
elongated proportions
emotional tension
exaggerated poses
instability of composition
intellectual complexity
refined elegance
serpentinata pose
stylization
tension-filled compositions
hasNotablePractitioner Agnolo Bronzino NERFINISHED
Benvenuto Cellini
El Greco
Federico Zuccari NERFINISHED
Giambologna
Giorgio Vasari
Giulio Romano NERFINISHED
Jacopo da Pontormo NERFINISHED
Paolo Veronese NERFINISHED
Parmigianino NERFINISHED
Rosso Fiorentino NERFINISHED
Tintoretto
hasNotableWork Allegory with Venus and Cupid
Escorial paintings of El Greco
Laurentian Library
Madonna with the Long Neck
Palazzo Te
surface form: Palazzo del Te

The Deposition from the Cross (Pontormo)
hasSubstyle Court Mannerism
Northern Mannerism
influenced Baroque
surface form: Baroque art

Northern Mannerism
late Renaissance art
reactionAgainst classical balance of High Renaissance
naturalism of High Renaissance
startTime circa 1520
timePeriod 16th century
usedIn court portraiture
mythological painting
palace decoration
religious painting

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subject surface form: Infant John the Baptist
Laurentian Library era Mannerism
Northern Mannerism follows Mannerism
this entity surface form: Italian Mannerism
High Renaissance hasInfluenceOn Mannerism
Florentine school influenced Mannerism
Northern Mannerism influencedBy Mannerism
this entity surface form: Italian Mannerism
Andrea Palladio movement Mannerism
Domenico Fontana movement Mannerism
El Greco movement Mannerism
Giacomo della Porta movement Mannerism
The Last Judgment movement Mannerism
Titian movement Mannerism
High Renaissance precedes Mannerism