mannerism

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Her style, which she described as “clear painting,” looks backward to mannerism and forward to futurism and has a high-gloss sheen to it, like the chrome plating of a motorcar.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024

So much attention is on their similarities in their swings and other mannerism, but the needle and the trash talking is not to be overlooked.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2023

That coyness persists through the second half, with a series of suspended conversations and delayed reckonings that strain for honesty, only to bog down in the familiar language of art-house mannerism.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2023

The flamboyant late Renaissance style of art known in English as mannerism has gone out of fashion more than once.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2022

Jethro had picked up a mannerism from his mother.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt