Associations to the word «Mannerism»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
MANNERISM, noun. A group of verbal or other unconscious habitual behaviors peculiar to an individual.
MANNERISM, noun. Exaggerated or effected style in art, speech, or other behavior.
MANNERISM, 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.
MANNERISM, noun. (arts) (literature) In fine art, a style that is inspired by previous models, aiming to reproduce subjects in an expressive language.
MANNERISM, 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.
Dictionary definition
MANNERISM, noun. A behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual.
MANNERISM, noun. A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.