Mannerism

Examples of Mannerism in the following topics:

• Mannerist Painting

  • Mannerism emerged from the later years of the Italian High Renaissance, and is notable for its sophisticated and artificial qualities.
  • Mannerism is a period of European art that emerged from the later years of the Italian High Renaissance.
  • Mannerism developed in both Florence and Rome.
  • Michelangelo himself displayed tendencies towards Mannerism, notably in the Sistine Chapel.
  • Contrast the painting of High Mannerism with its earlier, anti-classical phase

• Mannerism

  • Mannerism is the name given to a style of art in Europe from c. 1520–1600.
  • Mannerism came after the High Renaissance and before the Baroque.
  • Not every artist painting during this period is considered a Mannerist artist, however, and there is much debate among scholars over whether Mannerism should be considered a separate movement from the High Renaissance, or a stylistic phase of the High Renaissance.
  • Mannerism will be treated as a separate art movement here as there are many differences between the High Renaissance and the Mannerist styles.
  • This is when we start to see Mannerism emerge.

• The High Renaissance

  • Mannerism also developed during this period.
  • Mannerism is an artistic style that emerged from the later years of the 16th century and lasted as a popular aesthetic style in Italy until about 1580, when the Baroque began to replace it (although Northern Mannerism continued into the early 17th century throughout much of Europe).
  • Some historians regard Mannerism as a degeneration of High Renaissance classicism, or even as an interlude between High Renaissance and Baroque—in which case the dates are usually from c. 1520 to 1600 and it is considered a positive style complete in and of itself.
  • The definition of Mannerism, and the phases within it, continues to be the subject of debate among art historians.

• Mantua

  • Romano was a pupil of Raphael, and his stylistic deviations from High Renaissance classicism helped define the 16th-century style known as Mannerism.
  • Stylistically, Mannerism encompasses a variety of approaches influenced by and reacting to the harmonious ideals and restrained naturalism associated with artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and early Michelangelo.
  • Mannerism is notable for its intellectual sophistication as well as its artificial (as opposed to naturalistic) qualities.

• Mannerism and the Counter-Reformation

  • Mannerism concerned many Catholic leaders in the wake of the Reformation, as they were seen as lacking pious appeal.
  • Mannerism, as well as works from the High Renaissance, concerned many Catholic leaders in the wake of the Reformation, as they were seen as lacking pious appeal.
  • Distinguish the artistic ideal of the Counter-Reformation from Mannerism and the art of the Reformation in Northern Europe

• Post-Impressionism

  • Post-Impression refers to a genre that rejected the naturalism of Impressionism in favor of using color and form in more expressive manners.
  • Post-Impression refers to a genre of painting that rejected the naturalism of Impressionism, in favor of using color and form in more expressive manners.
  • Camille Pissarro briefly painted in a pointillist manner, and even Monet abandoned strict plein air painting.

• Realism

  • The Realists depicted everyday subjects and situations in contemporary settings, and attempted to depict individuals of all social classes in a similar manner.
  • Treatments of subjects in a heroic or sentimental manner were equally rejected.

• The Northern Renaissance

  • The High Renaissance art of Michelangelo and Raphael and the stylistic tendencies of Mannerism had a significant impact on their work.
  • Finally, by the end of the 16th century, artists such as Karel van Mander and Hendrik Goltzius collected in Haarlem in a brief but intense phase of Northern Mannerism that also spread to Flanders.

• Antwerp: A Center of the Northern Renaissance

  • Antwerp Mannerism bore no direct relation to Renaissance or Italian Mannerism, but the name suggests a style that was a reaction to the "classic" style of the earlier Flemish painters.
  • Characteristic of Antwerp Mannerism are paintings that combine early Netherlandish and Northern Renaissance styles, and incorporate both Flemish and Italian traditions into the same compositions.

• Individualist Painting under the Qing Dynasty

  • The paintings of Bada Shanren feature sharp brush strokes, which are attributed to the sideways manner by which he held his brush.
  • Bada Shanren paintings feature sharp brush strokes that are attributed to the sideways manner by which he held his brush.