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Mannerism Art History

The Mannerism period started in 1520 and ended in 1600 – it was an art style that depicted the human form in exaggerated poses, in unrealistic settings. The art period is essentially the late Renaissance as it followed the Hight Renaissance art period. The term Mannerism was developed through the Italian word maniera – which means style. The Mannerist art movement first appeared in Florence and Rome, and was a style that rejected the Renaissance period in favor of a more emotional approach to art with a sometimes distorted point of view. The Mannerist style conveyed the tension in Europe in the 1500’s , and gained even more popularity later in northern Italy and central and northern Europe. Characteristic paintings of Mannerism included artificial colors, unrealistic proportions, off beat perspective, complex composition, and exaggerated or elongated figures. Perhaps the most famous Mannerist artists are Raphael and Michelangelo - artists that achieved technical accomplishments and theatrical, forumalic, and stylized work. Figures in Mannerist paintings were often in imaginary poses creating an unsettling and strange piece of art – the eerie images reflected the period’s conflict with the Reformation, the sack of Rome, and the plague. By the 1600’s Mannerist painters were accused of disrupting the unity and balance of Renaissance classicism but in actuality, Mannerism created a valuable link between the Renaissance period and the emotional Baroque movement that followed in the 17th century.
Famous Mannerist artists, sculptors and architects include:
Allori, Alessandro Ammanati, Bartolommeo Anguissola, Lucia Anguissola, Sofonisba Arcimboldo, Giuseppe Bandinelli, Baccio Bassano, Leandro Beccafumi, Domenico Bernini, Pietro Giambologna Giulio Romano (Giulio di Pietro de'Gianuzzi) Il Cerano (Giovanni Battista Crespi) Il Nosadella (Giovanni Francesco Bezzi) Il Pordenone (Giovanni Antonio de Sacchis) Ligorio, Pirro Machietti, Girolamo (di Francesco di Mariotto) Maderno, Stefano Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo Buonarroti, Michelangelo Cambiaso, Luca Carneo, Antonio Cattaneo, Danese Cellini, Benvenuto Cesari, Giuseppe (Cavaliere d'Arpino) Correggio Daniele da Volterra (Daniele Ricciarelli) Danti, Vincenzo dell'Abbate, Niccolò El Greco Scipione (il Gaetano) Rosso Fiorentino Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci) Primaticcio, Francesco Salviati, Francesco San Friano, Maso da (Tommaso Manzuoli) Sansovino, Jacopo Savoldo, Giovanni Girolamo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) Tosini, Michele (Michele di Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio) Tribolo, Niccolo Vasari, Giorgio Veronese, Paolo Caliari Vittoria, Alessandro Zuccaro, Federico Zuccaro, Taddeo Mariani, Camillo Mastelletta (Giovanni Andrea Donducci) Mochi, Francesco Moroni, Giovanni Battista Palladio, Andrea Palma Giovane Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Mazzola) Parodi, Filippo Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) Pino, Marco (Marco da Siena) Polidoro da Caravaggio (Polidoro Caldara) Pulzone
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