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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... concept has been transferred to other fields . This has led to some confusion , since there have also been transferred the varieties of meaning that art - historians attach to the term . How- ever , the transference is not artificial ...
... concept has been transferred to other fields . This has led to some confusion , since there have also been transferred the varieties of meaning that art - historians attach to the term . How- ever , the transference is not artificial ...
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... concept of an age more cultured than its immediate past . For self - conscious stylization is the common denominator of all Mannerist works of art . Undoubtedly this kind of styliza- tion was stronger around 1500 in literature than ...
... concept of an age more cultured than its immediate past . For self - conscious stylization is the common denominator of all Mannerist works of art . Undoubtedly this kind of styliza- tion was stronger around 1500 in literature than ...
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... concept is a symptom of the long evolution in social status from craft to vocation ; another symptom is the concept of the ' Old Master ' . This is first encountered in the sixteenth century , and is reflected in the continuing demand ...
... concept is a symptom of the long evolution in social status from craft to vocation ; another symptom is the concept of the ' Old Master ' . This is first encountered in the sixteenth century , and is reflected in the continuing demand ...
Contents
Editorial Foreword | 9 |
The Arrival of Mannerism in the Visual Arts | 49 |
Characteristic Forms | 81 |
Copyright | |
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