TY - BOOK AU - Shearman,John K.G. TI - Mannerism T2 - Pelican book SN - 0140208089 PY - 1967/// CY - Harmondsworth PB - Penguin KW - Mannerism (Art) KW - Europe KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-208); The historical reality -- The arrival of mannerism in visual arts -- Characteristic forms -- A'more cultured age' and its ideals -- Mannerism in the history of art; Also issued online N2 - Manierismo was the extreme consciousness of elegant style for its own sake, a passion which unites the cold narcissistic nudes of Bronzino, the elaborate chiselling of Benvenuto Cellini's saltcellar, and the water-games in a duke's garden ER -