mannerism

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Sargent was right: The late 16th century — a period art historians came to describe as Mannerism — was a time of great experimentation, if not always clear purpose.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2020

Other aspects of the building have been attributed to his chief assistant, Giulio Romano, who worked in Raphael’s studio for years before going on to forge the new style of Mannerism.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 12, 2016

So while Barocci holds an important place in art history as the missing link between the strained distortions of Mannerism and the dynamism of the baroque, he has left little impression on the public consciousness.

From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2013

In the first, for example, you get a heady sense of Antwerp Mannerism from a small, eye-twisting altarpiece by the artist known as Master of the Antwerp Adoration.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2010

Mannerism and affectation should forever be proscribed--unless they are imitated as an exercise--but all the excellence that chance has produced up to the present time should be incorporated in the new science.

From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various