Knowra Mannerism Mannerism A European artistic style that developed after the High Renaissance, especially in the sixteenth century. It is marked by deliberate artifice, complex compositions, unstable space, and elongated forms.
High Renaissance : A period of Italian art associated with balanced composition, idealized figures, and works by Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael. Mannerism emerged as artists departed from this period’s ideals of harmony and balance.
Madonna with the Long Neck : A painting by Parmigianino depicting the Virgin Mary with an unusually elongated neck and body. Its stretched figures and ambiguous space make it a defining Mannerist example.
Parmigianino : An Italian painter and printmaker whose elegant, elongated figures became emblematic of Mannerism. His paintings offer some of the style’s clearest experiments in proportion and grace.
Florentine Republic : A political regime that governed Florence for much of the late medieval and Renaissance periods. Its civic culture and artistic institutions shaped early Mannerism’s Florentine beginnings.
Renaissance art : European art produced from the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries, marked by renewed study of antiquity and naturalism. Mannerism developed within the Renaissance while challenging its ideals of natural order.
Contrapposto : A pose in which a figure’s weight rests mainly on one leg, creating a counterbalance through the body. Mannerist artists intensified the pose into twisting, unstable arrangements.
The Deposition (Pontormo) : A painting by Pontormo showing figures carrying Christ’s body in a crowded, brightly colored composition. Its weightless figures and compressed space depart from Renaissance naturalism.
Pontormo : An Italian painter known for vivid color, emotional intensity, and unconventional compositions. His work helped establish Mannerism in Florence.
Sack of Rome (1527) : The capture and plunder of Rome by mutinous troops of the Holy Roman Emperor in 1527. The catastrophe disrupted Rome’s artistic community and dispersed artists across Europe.
Baroque : A European artistic style characterized by dramatic movement, strong contrasts, and theatrical effects. Baroque art followed Mannerism in many regions but pursued different kinds of intensity.
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