mannerism

  1. Noun.  (arts) 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.
  2. Noun.  A group of verbal or other unconscious habitual behaviors peculiar to an individual.
  3. Noun.  Exaggerated or effected style in art, speech, or other behavior.
  4. Noun.  (arts, 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.
  5. Noun.  (arts, literature) In fine art, a style that is inspired by previous models, aiming to reproduce subjects in an expressive language.

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