James's working notes from Western Civ class

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Mannerist Art

1520-1600

Characteristics

  • breaks the rules of Renaissance neoclassicism
  • the palette consists of tertiary or "off" colors
  • objects show distorted proportion, size, and perspective; space is truncated
  • human figures are elongated
  • overall impression is artificial, rather than natural

Examples

Madonna With the Long Neck