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Mannerism / John Shearman.

By: Series: Style and civilisation | Pelican originalsPublication details: Harmondsworth Penguin 1977Description: 216 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0140208089
Subject(s): Summary: Manierismo was the extreme consciousness of elegant style for its own sake, a passion which unites the cold narcissistic nudes of Bronzino, the elaborate chiselling of Benvenuto Cellini's saltcellar, and the water-games in a duke's garden.

Originally published: 1967

Bibliography: p.207-208. - Includes index

Manierismo was the extreme consciousness of elegant style for its own sake, a passion which unites the cold narcissistic nudes of Bronzino, the elaborate chiselling of Benvenuto Cellini's saltcellar, and the water-games in a duke's garden.