Mannerism

Mannerism (from maniera, manner, or style), the artistic style prevailed in Italy from the end of the High Renaissance in the 1520s until Baroque style 1590. Early Mannerism (c.1520-35) is known for its "anti-classical" or "anti-Renaissance" style, which later evolved into High Mannerism (c.1535-1580), a more intricate, inward-looking, and academic style intended to cater to more sophisticated patrons. The term used for anti-classical indicates that the naturalism painting style is during the high renaissance departure to an artificial and exaggerated painting style, also known as Mannerism.

1. Name: Emmauel Antes Habla Jr
Course/Yr/Section: SSC – BCAED 1A
Subject: Visual Art
Instructor: Oliver Garbin
I. TOPIC: MANNERISM: LATE RENAISSANCE
II. INTRODUCTION:
Mannerism (from maniera, manner, or style), the artistic style
prevailed in Italy from the end of the High Renaissance in the 1520s until
Baroque style 1590. Early Mannerism (c.1520-35) is known for its "anti-
classical" or "anti-Renaissance" style, which later evolved into High Mannerism
(c.1535-1580), a more intricate, inward-looking, and academic style intended
to cater to more sophisticated patrons. The term used for anti-classical
indicates that the naturalism painting style is during the high renaissance
departure to an artificial and exaggerated painting style, also known as
Mannerism.
III. LEARNING OUTCOMES:
 Define the meaning of Mannerism.
 Discuss the Basic content of Mannerism
 Describe the distinctive nature of Mannerism from the Renaissance.
IV. PRE=TEST
Read the Directions: Please identify the following visual arts works, determine
whether the arts is a mannerism or not. Write (M) for Mannerism and (N.M.) for
not-mannerism.



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V. DISCUSSION
Mannerism (from maniera, manner, or style) is the Italian manierism,
the artistic style that prevailed in Italy from the end of the High Renaissance in
the 1520s until the beginning of Baroque style 1590. The Mannerist style came
from Florence and Rome, extending through northern Italy and eventually much
central and northern Europe. The first time, the phrase was used by Italian
archaeologist Luigi Lanzi in the late 18th century to describe artists from the
16th century who followed the great masters of the Renaissance.
From Titian's study of among the arts' encyclopedic contributors,
most of the mannists were inspired by great artisans of the High Renaissance
like Leonardo, Rafael, and Michelangelo. Michelangelo had set formal
complexity standards in portraying human nudity and the norm of idealized
beauty by Raphael. Nevertheless, in the work of these artists' Mannerist
successors, an obsession with style and technique in figural composition often
outweighed the subject matter's importance and meaning.

Early Mannerism (c.1520-35) is known for its "anti-classical" or "anti-
Renaissance" style, which later evolved into High Mannerism (c.1535-1580), a
more intricate, inward-looking, and academic style intended to cater to more
sophisticated patrons. The term "anti-classical", according to John Shearman
(1967), was the departure of the renaissance art style "naturalism" to an
artificial and exaggerated art style that is Mannerism. Noted during Late
Renaissance, most of the achievements from arts structure, technology, and
others have already been achieved in those days; among the reasons, later
artisan had grabbed the opportunity of Mannerism.
According to Kelly Richman-Abdou, an Art Expert and Historian in
Paris, France, the primary way that Mannerist artists took High Renaissance
techniques "a step further" through exaggeration. Lavish adornment is another
way: Mannerists pushed Renaissance sensibilities to their limits. Finally,
Mannerists abandoned the natural colours used by High Renaissance painters
and instead employed artificial—and often garish—tones. Mannerist sculpture

3. and Mannerist painting were characterized by elongated forms, spiral angels,
twisted poses, and aloof subject gazes. The Mannerists preferred provocative
nudes, mythological topics, allegories, and Catholic mysticism regarding
subjects and topics.
EXAMPLE OF MANNARISM ARTS
The Flight into Egypt by Jacopo
Bassano (1510-1592)
This animated scene depicts the
Holy Family being led by an angel
into Egypt. The Madonna riding
upon a donkey and holding the
infant Jesus is central, as her face
encircled with white forms the apex of a pyramid. Joseph walks ahead, orange
robes billowing around him. The composition's left to right diagonal emphasizes
the dynamic movement of their flight. The angel's right-hand points downward
to a newly sprouting tree, a symbol of the resurrection, while his left-hand turn
upward as if to convey heaven's guidance. Simultaneously, the idiosyncratic
depiction of the angel in contrast to the more earthy treatments of the other
figures emphasizes his otherworldly presence.

MADONNA WITH THE LONG NECK
by Parmigianino
This work focuses on the Madonna, whose
extenuated limbs and monumental scale fill the
canvas's centre. A nude infant Jesus reclines on his
mother's lap while angels crowd around them. His
pale form, limp arms, and closed eyes create a
disconcerting effect reminiscent of a woeful Pietà.
Mary's expression is also nontraditional. As she holds
elegant but overly long fingers to her heart, looking down with a slight smile,
she seems bemused and distanced—a dissonance results between the
haunting religious image and its portrait of a fashionable but emotionally
disconnected aristocrat. The angels are much more animated but evoke
ordinary children's curiosity and liveliness more than a divine presence. While
conveying a 'classical' effect, the architectural setting is not classically rendered
with linear perspective and an unsettling ambiguity results. To the right of the
column, the petite figure of St. Jerome, his limbs elongated, holds out a scroll
while looking back over his shoulder.

4. Perseus with the Head of Medusa
Artist: Benvenuto Cellini(1545-54)
This bronze statue shows the Greek
mythological hero Perseus, as he holds up the head of
Medusa in a gesture of victory while standing upon her
contorted and collapsed body. The overall effect is
powerful domination, and emotional ferocity is conveyed
eloquently through Perseus's facial expression.


Rape of the Sabine Women
Artist: Giambologna (1581-83)
This famous and influential Mannerist sculpture
depicts the violent struggle between three nude
figures: a Roman man, his veined back denoting his
strength, a nude woman he seizes as she twists
backwards, trying to escape, and an older man
crouching beneath the Roman in fear. The work
powerfully conveys sexual aggression through its Mannerist emphasis on the
figura serpentinata and expression of terror and helplessness for all its classical
treatment that combines a refined finish with anatomical naturalism.

5. VI. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
DIRECTION: Answer the following QUESTION, honestly and truthfully. Please
Write/Type the ANSWER in the designated shot or blank given.
1. What is Mannerism, and what makes it different from other art forms?

VII. EVALUATION
A. Please identify the following statements, either it is true or false. Write T for
true and F for false to allotted space.
1. Mannerism originated in Floran and Rome during the 1520s.
2. The inspiration for mannerism arts was the great renaissance artisans
like Michelangelo and Rafael.
3. Raphael had set formal complexity standards in portraying human nudity
and the norm of idealized beauty by Michelangelo.
4. Bassano created The Flight into Egypt by Jacopo
5. Mannerism art was more natural rather than exaggerated.

B. Please complete the puzzle. Read the following Guild question and write
once answer to given space.
GUIDE QUESTION:
1. Who had set the
formal complexity
standards in
portraying human
nudity
2. Another name for
Mannerism
3. An Italian
archaeologist first
uses phase
mannerism.
4. Another
characteristic of
Mannerism.
5. The county
Mannerism was
originated?



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6. VIII. KEY TO CORRECTION
 PRE – TEST
1. NM
2. M
3. M
4. NM
5. M

Evaluation:
A. True or False:
1. T
2. T
3. F
4. T
5. F
B.
IX. REFERENCE
 PICTURE: (PRE TEST)
1.
https://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/art_movements/ital
ian-renaissance/italian-renaissance-art.html
2.
https://www.theartstory.org/movement/mannerism/artworks/
3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa
4.
https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/5-greatest-baroque-painters/
 DISCUSSIONS:
1.
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Mannerism".
Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May. 2020,
https://www.britannica.com/art/Mannerism. Accessed 26 February
2021.
2.
G. Lawrence and T.ect (N.D): The Encyclopedia of visual art volume
10, London: Encyclopaedia Britannica International, 1983. Pg 675 –
694
3.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ART HISTORY (N.D.): Mannerism. Retrieved
from http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-
art/mannerism.htm#:~:text=As%20a%20whole%2C%20Mannerist
%20painting,perspective%2C%20vivid%20often%20garish%20colo
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4.
John Shearman (1967); Mannerism (Style and Civilization), Penguin
Books: Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: Harmondsworth,
Middlesex, England. Pg 171


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7. 5.
Ar. Manisha Khandelwal (2016): Mannerism. Retrieved from
https://www.slideshare.net/manishakhandelwal4/mannerism-
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R.A KELLY (2018): Mannerism: The Style That Put an Elaborate
Twist on Renaissance Art . Retrieved from
https://mymodernmet.com/what-is-mannerism/
7.
THE ART STORY (N.D.); Artworks and Artists of Mannerism.
Retrieved from
https://www.theartstory.org/movement/mannerism/artworks/