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Mannerism Art Style

Type Object Region Italy Time c. 1520–1580

Mannerism was an art style originating in Italy in the first half of the 16th century and spreading across Europe, characterized by elongated human p…

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  1. c. 1520–1535Florence · FlorenceAround the 1520s, painters such as Parmigianino and Rosso Fiorentino in Florence and Rome developed an aesthetic opposing Raphael's balance, marking the birth of Mannerism through exaggerated forms and tense compositions.
  2. c. 1541–1550Rome · RomeIn the 1540s Bronzino painted for the Medici court in Florence, while Rosso and Primaticcio worked at Fontainebleau for the French royal family, making Mannerism the dominant style of Europe's elite visual culture.

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