Mannerism is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, lasting until about 1580 in Italy, when the Baroque style began to replace it. Northern Mannerism continued into the early 17th century.

Stylistically, Mannerism encompasses a variety of approaches influenced by, and reacting to, the harmonious ideals associated with artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and early Michelangelo. Where High Renaissance art emphasizes proportion, balance, and ideal beauty, Mannerism exaggerates such qualities, often resulting in compositions that are asymmetrical or unnaturally elegant. Mannerism is notable for its intellectual sophistication as well as its artificial (as opposed to naturalistic) qualities. Mannerism favors compositional tension and instability rather than the balance and clarity of earlier Renaissance painting. Mannerism in literature and music is notable for its highly florid style and intellectual sophistication.

The definition of Mannerism and the phases within it continue to be a subject of debate among art historians. For example, some scholars have applied the label to certain early modern forms of literature (especially poetry) and music of the 16th and 17th centuries. The term is also used to refer to some late Gothic painters working in northern Europe from about 1500 to 1530, especially the Antwerp Mannerists—a group unrelated to the Italian movement. Mannerism also has been applied by analogy to the Silver Age of Latin literature.

Based largely at courts and in intellectual circles around Europe, Maniera art couples exaggerated elegance with exquisite attention to surface and detail: porcelain-skinned figures recline in an even, tempered light, acknowledging the viewer with a cool glance, if they make eye contact at all. The Maniera subject rarely displays much emotion, and for this reason works exemplifying this trend are often called `cold` or `aloof.` This is typical of the so-called "stylish style" or Maniera in its maturity.

The elongated proportions and exaggerated poses in the late works of Michelangelo, Andrea del Sarto and Correggio prefigure Mannerism, as the style of the later Renaissance is referred to in art history.

Name	Years	Nation	Genre	Preview	Works	Rating
Il Garofalo	1481-1559	Italian	Late-Renaissance, Mannerism		8	1
Pontormo, Jacopo Da	1494-1557	Italian	Mannerism, Florentine		32	1
Bronzino, Agnolo	1503-1572	Italian	Mannerism, Florentine		137	1
Vasari, Giorgio	1511-1574	Italian	High Renaissance, Mannerism		7	3
Morales Luis de	1512-1586	Spanish	Renaissance, Mannerism, Religion		14	1
Tintoretto	1518-1594	Italian	Renaissance, Mannerism, Venetian school		78	1
Arcimboldo, Giuseppe	1526-1593	Italian	Mannerism		29	2
El Greco	1541-1614	Spanish, Greek	Mannerism		87	3

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