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Definition: mannerism from Philip's Encyclopedia

Term generally applied to the art and architecture of Italy between the High Renaissance and the Baroque. The style is typified by Parmigiano, Pontormo and Giovanni Lanfranco. Some theorists include El Greco, the Fontainebleau school or the Romanist painters of the Netherlands. The term implies a courtly, self-conscious style.

Mannerism

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
In a general sense, any affectation (unnatural imitation or exaggeration) of a style or manner in art, though the term is usually used with reference to Italian painting in the 16th century and represents a distinct phase between the art of the High Renaissance and the rise of baroque. It was largely based on an admiration for Michelangelo and a consequent exaggeration of the emphasis of his composition and the expressive distortion of his figures. Mannerist characteristics include figures that are unnaturally muscular or elongated, presented in violent or strained postures. The resulting effect is a sense of ambiguity and discomfort rather than the harmony, peace, and composure sought by Renaissance artists, who followed the classical rules of art. Composition was crowded, often showing many inconstancies in proportion and scale as well as a harsh use of colour. These tendencies developed in Florence, Rome, and Bologna, and the unrest they show may be partly related to the disturbing…
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From The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
Related to the Lat. manus (hand) but arriving in most Western vernaculars through the Lat. manuarius (operated by hand, pertaining to the hand), the substantive mannerist appears only in the second half of the 17th c. as a predominantly pejorative term to describe the excessive or affected use of…
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From The Harvard Dictionary of Music
An aesthetic principle, recently associated with music from the mid-16th to the early 17th century, according to which individuation of local musical events may seem to take precedence over the exposition of clear and coherent musical structures. Mannerism is thus viewed as a countertendency to…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Artistic style that predominated in Italy from the end of the High Renaissance in the 1520s to the beginnings of the Baroque period c. 1590. Mannerism originated in Florence and Rome but ultimately spread as far as central and northern Europe. A reaction to the harmonious Classicism and idealized…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
a style in art and architecture (c.1520–1600), originating in Italy as a reaction against the equilibrium of form and proportions characteristic of the High Renaissance. In Florence, Pontormo and Bronzino, and in Rome, Il Rosso, Parmigianino, and Beccafumi created elegant figures elongated and…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
In a general sense, any affectation (unnatural imitation or exaggeration) of a style or manner in art, though the term is usually used with reference to Italian painting in the 16th century and represents a distinct phase between the art of the High Renaissance and the rise of baroque. It was…
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From The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language
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Full text Article Mannerism (from Italian maniera, 'style')

From The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms
1. Term coined in the 20th c. to describe the European art of the period c. 1515 – c. 1610. It is typified by stylistic trickery and a liking for bizarre effects. Contrapposto and the extreme elongation of the figure occur frequently in both painting and sculpture. Mannerist art conveys a sense of…
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