Today’s humble offering of the Friday Afternoon Challenge:“Ready for My Close-up!” Pt. I Sculptur

[CTyankee]

27. Mannersim followed the High Renaissance. It is marked by some odd

things in art: elongated bodies, things flying in space with no linear perspective, a kind of bleached out canvas. Bronzino was an exception altho he had some variations with High Renaissance that I was OK with. Sculpture came into play with the figura serpentinata of the Mannerists. Which I kinda like, actually. I thought it was interesting but see Giambologna's "Rape of the Sabine Women" which will give you an idea of what I am talking about.

Mannerism didn't last too long and was succeeded by the Baroque era (thankfully).
Seems it was a kind of reaction against the intellectualism of the Renaissance, some of which I just can't stomach.

I do like Veronese and some (not all) Tintoretto and they are variously typed "Mannerist." I think Pontermo is my biggest enemy here. Mary McCarthy in her venerable book "The Stones of Florence" referred to him and the Mannerists as having "candy book colors."