Mannerism is a style in art (c.1520-1600, beginning or the Baroque period) originated in Italy as a reaction against the equilibriun of form and proportions characteristic of the Renaissance.
*Renaissance art was natural, graceful, balanced and harmonious; the art of Mannerism was quite different.
*Mannerist compositions were full of clashing colours, disquieting figures with abnormally elongated limbs, emotion and bizarre themes that combined Classicism, Christianity and mythology.
*The nude, which had been rediscovered during the Early Renaissance, was still present but showing compositional inestability (no human could have maintained positions such as those depicted)
*Landscapes suffered a similar fate. The sky was filled with flying animals or some "unnecesary" elements.
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