mannerism
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Is mannerism a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (art, literature) In literature, an ostentatious and unnatural style of the second half of the sixteenth century. In the contemporary criticism, described as a negation of the classicist equilibrium, pre-Baroque, and deforming expressiveness.countableuncountable
2. (art, literature) In fine art, a style that is inspired by previous models, aiming to reproduce subjects in an expressive language.countableuncountable
noun (English)
1. (art) A style of art developed at the end of the High Renaissance, characterized by the deliberate distortion and exaggeration of perspective and especially the elongation of figures.uncountable
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