Mannerism

Front Cover
Penguin, 1967 - Art - 216 pages
Manierismo was the extreme consciousness of elegant style for its own sake, a passion which unites the cold narcissistic nudes of Bronzino, the elaborate chiselling of Benvenuto Cellini's saltcellar, and the water-games in a duke's garden.

From inside the book

Contents

Editorial Foreword
9
The Arrival of Mannerism in the Visual Arts
49
Characteristic Forms
81
Copyright

2 other sections not shown

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Bibliographic information