Mannerism Style and Civilization Author:John Shearman A Pelican Original — Mannerism — The refinement of Benvenuto Cellini's golden sal cellar or the monstrous fantasies of the Boboil Gardents in Florence - both are characterist of Mannerism, a virtuoso style of life and art that intervened between Renaissance and Baroque in the sixteenth center. Mannerism was perhaps the most self-consciously "styl... more »ish" of all styles - in literature,music and the visual arts alike. In the way that we have once again come to appreiate art nouveau so it is again possible for us to understand the spirit and beauty of Mannerist art.« less