The Masters of Mannerism

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Mannerist, Mannerism-these words refer to a period of art which until quite recently was only known under this name to art historians. The name of the movement derives from a time when its significance was as yet unrecognized, and Mannerist painters were accused of merely imitating the manner of painting {mattiéra in Italian) of the previous generation. The artists of the new movement belonged to an age of new geographical discoveries, new economic achievements, and, with the spread of the Reformation, a new religious climate. They felt the old world shaken to its foundations. The unusual composition of the paintings, the strange colour harmonies and the curiously proportioned figures were an expression of anxiety and mood of crisis. The works of Mannerist painters, the once despised pictures formerly condemned for their lack of originality, are today highly valued treasures of the world's museums. The Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest has a rich and varied collection of Mannerist... Tovább

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Mannerist, Mannerism-these words refer to a period of art which until quite recently was only known under this name to art historians. The name of the movement derives from a time when its significance was as yet unrecognized, and Mannerist painters were accused of merely imitating the manner of painting {mattiéra in Italian) of the previous generation. The artists of the new movement belonged to an age of new geographical discoveries, new economic achievements, and, with the spread of the Reformation, a new religious climate. They felt the old world shaken to its foundations. The unusual composition of the paintings, the strange colour harmonies and the curiously proportioned figures were an expression of anxiety and mood of crisis. The works of Mannerist painters, the once despised pictures formerly condemned for their lack of originality, are today highly valued treasures of the world's museums. The Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest has a rich and varied collection of Mannerist paintings. The artists represented include many great names: Angelo Bronzino, Girolamo Macchietti, Paolo Veronese, Jacopo Bassano and Palma Giovine among the Italians; El Greco among the Spaniards; Francois Quesnel among the French; Jan Brueghel the El^ der, Roelandt Savery and Cornelis van Haarlem among the Dutch, and Hans von Aachen and Johann Rottenhammer among the Germans. Vissza