The Mannerism era of art was all about elegance, artificial exaggerations, and making artworks as grand and over-the-top as possible. It came after the natural, more harmonious Renaissance period, and ...

This exhibition examines the works of artists employed by European courts in the 16th century, such as the Medici in Florence, French royalty at Fontainebleau, and the Holy Roman Imperial courts in ...

Mannerism is as much a term as it is a trend. The word derives from the Italian maniera (style) and traditionally refers to the hyper-sophisticated, courtly art of central Italy dating from about 1520 ...

FOR centuries “Mannerism” has been a dirty word in the art historian’s book, meaning “in the manner of” —or something akin to copycat. Renaissance enthusiasts use it to describe the painters who, in ...

“We live in an eclectic time in which everything can be considered architecture, so nothing is perhaps authentically so,” writes architect and theorist Lina Malfona. In her new book, published as part ...

But the Maso, which measures 40 inches wide and nearly 5 feet high, gives the style a more prominent footing in the collection. The tightly composed painting features the virgin St. Catherine of ...