Mannerism

The term comes from the Italian maniera, or "style," in the sense of an artist's characteristic "touch" or recognizable "manner." Mannerism is a useful designation for those aspects of the late Renaissance arts (1530-1580), whose proponents sought to create dramatic and dynamic effects by depicting figures with elongated forms and in exaggerated, out-of-balance poses in manipulated irrational space, lit with unrealistic lighting.

Mannerism Artists:

  Aachen, Hans von
   Allori, Alessandro 
   Arcimboldo, Giuseppe
   Barocci, Federico
   Bassano, Francesco
   Bassano, Leandro Da Ponte
   Beccafumi, Domenico
   Berruguete, Alonso
   Bloemaert, Abraham
   Bronzino, Agnolo
   Campi, Vincenzo
   Caron, Antoine
   Clouet, Francois
   Correggio
   Crespi, Giovanni Battista
   Greco, El
   Masters of the Fontainebleau
   Michelangelo Buonarroti
   Niccolo dell'Abbate
   Parmigianino
   Piombo, Sebastiano del
   Pirro Ligorio
   Pontormo, Jacopo da Carucci
   Primaticcio, Francesco
   Romano, Giulio
   Rosso Fiorentino, Giovanni Battista di Jacopo
   Savoldo, Giovanni Girolamo
   Tintoretto
   Vasari, Giorgio
   Veronese, Paolo
   Vos, Maarten de