MannerismManierismo 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. |
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Editorial Foreword | 9 |
The Arrival of Mannerism in the Visual Arts | 49 |
Characteristic Forms | 81 |
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