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The Pocket Universal Principles of Art
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The Pocket Universal Principles of Art

by John A Parks
December 2017
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
208 pages
3h 39m
English
Rockport Publishers
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049 Mannerism

Mannerism is a style that emerged immediately after the High Renaissance in Italy and lasted from about 1518 to 1580. It was a reaction to the perfection of the High Renaissance style exemplified by Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo. Mannerists began to make works dramatizing aspects of classicism in ways that were sometimes surprising and disturbing.

COMPONENTS

Distortion. Forms are often elongated and poses frequently contorted.

Precise rendering. The rendering is usually very careful even when the forms themselves are distorted.

Coolness. Mannerist portraits present people as distant and aloof.

Incohesive compositions. Disjointed compositions make the narrative difficult to ascertain.

Flattened space. Discontinuous ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781631595431