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Counter-Mannerism

Counter-Mannerism noun: a trend in the late sixteenth century that rejected some of the distortions of Mannerism, returning to a more classicist emphasis on clarity.

Noun

Counter-Mannerism (uncountable)

  1. A trend in the late sixteenth century that rejected some of the distortions of Mannerism, returning to a more classicist emphasis on clarity.
    • The decisive factor in the origins of Colonial painting in Peru came a few years later from late Italian Mannerism and Counter-Mannerism.1975, The Connoisseur: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors
    • Nevertheless the artists did not create in "Counter-Mannerism" a wholly new stvle in the way that Caravaggio and Annibale Carracci were to do in the last decade of the century; it seems that, once trained in Mannerism, they could never entirely lose that touch of elegance and that beguiling...1978, Gary R. Walters, Federico Barocci, anima naturaliter, page 72

Origin of Counter-Mannerism

From counter- + mannerism.

Questions about Counter-Mannerism

What does Counter-Mannerism mean?
Counter-Mannerism means a trend in the late sixteenth century that rejected some of the distortions of Mannerism, returning to a more classicist emphasis on clarity.
What part of speech is Counter-Mannerism?
Counter-Mannerism is a noun.

Words near Counter-Mannerism in the dictionary

  1. counter-Koranic
  2. counter-liberal
  3. counter-loan
  4. counter-loans
  5. counter-magic
  6. Counter-Mannerism
  7. counter-mart
  8. counter-marts
  9. counter-meet
  10. counter-meeting
  11. counter-meetings

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