Readings in Italian Mannerism: with a Foreword by Craig Hugh Smyth- Second Printing (American University Studies)

The aim of this book is to focus on the origin of the historiography of the terms Mannerism and Maniera in paintings and drawings of the sixteenth-century in Italy. The articles herewith presented fall into two categories. The first group explains the definition of the terms Mannerism and Maniera , their periodicity, and their sources as illustrated by Giorogio Vasari, John Shearman, Craig Hugh Smyth, and Sydney Freedberg. The second deals with the polemic associated with the usage of the term and historiography and its application as voiced by Walter Friedlaender, Max Dvorak, Ernst Gombrich, Henri Zerner, David Summers, Malcolm Campbell, and Iris Cheney. Introduction Stylistic Problems In Mannerism And Maniera / Liana De Girolami Cheney -- Vasari's Position As An Exponent Of The Maniera Style / Liana De Girolami Cheney -- Preface To The Third Part / Giorgio Vasari -- Maniera As An Aesthetic Ideal / John Shearman -- Mannerism And Maniera / Craig Hugh Smyth -- Observations On The Painting Of The Maniera / Sydney J. Freedberg -- Mannerism And Anti-mannerism In Italian Painting / Walter F. Friedlaender -- El Greco And Mannerism / Max Dvoraḱ -- Mannerism : The Historiographic Background / Ernst Hans Gombrich -- Observaions On The Use Of The Concept Of Mannerism / Henri Zerner -- Mannerism, Italian Style / Malcolm Campbell -- Maniera And Movement : The Figure Serpentinata / David Summers -- Mannerist Art : Survival And Collection / Iris Hofmeister Cheney. Liana De Girolami Cheney, Editor ; With A Foreword By Craig Hugh Smyth. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [323]-335) And Index. Content: Introduction Stylistic problems in mannerism and maniera / Liana De Girolami Cheney -- Vasari's position as an exponent of the maniera style / Liana De Girolami Cheney -- Preface to the third part / Giorgio Vasari -- Maniera as an aesthetic ideal / John Shearman -- Mannerism and maniera / Craig Hugh Smyth -- Observations on the painting of the maniera / Sydney J. Freedberg -- Mannerism and anti-mannerism in italian painting / Walter F. Friedlaender -- El greco and mannerism / Max Dvora︣ḱ -- Mannerism : the historiographic background / Ernst Hans Gombrich -- Observaions on the use of the concept of mannerism / Henri Zerner -- Mannerism, Italian style / Malcolm Campbell -- Maniera and movement : the figure serpentinata / David Summers -- Mannerist art : survival and collection / Iris Hofmeister Cheney.