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| Domenico Beccafumi Design for Frescoed Façade before 1551 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Lelio Orsi Design for the Façade of a House with Frescoes illustrating the Processes of Wool-making before 1587 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Luzio Luzzi Designs for Ornamental Friezes before 1575 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| follower of Girolamo Romanino Two Landskenechte flanking a Door 16th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| after Rosso Fiorentino Women Lamenting 16th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
"The character of Mannerism continues to be debated. It is often discussed, and judged, in relation to the High Renaissance that preceded it. Some scholars see Mannerism as a reaction to Renaissance classicism, while others regard it as a logical extension of it – a natural outgrowth of Michelangelo's emphatic modeling or Raphael's refinement. Already in 1600 Mannerists were criticized for having willfully broken the unity of Renaissance classicism, its integration of form and content, its balance of aesthetic aims and ideas. Today, when classicism no longer has a unique claim on "perfection," Mannerism emerges more clearly as a link between the High Renaissance and the emotionally charged and dynamic Baroque art that followed."
– National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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| follower of Giulio Romano The Entombment 16th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| after Giulio Romano St Jerome 16th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Giulio Clovio Head of Minerva before 1578 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Giulio Clovio after Michelangelo Abduction of Ganymede (copy of a lost Michelangelo drawing) before 1578 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| attributed to Lorenzo Sabatini Sibyl seated on Clouds before 1576 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Giorgio Vasari Profile Head of Pope Urban IV (after a fragment of a marble monument) before 1574 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Giorgio Vasari Ceres in the Underworld (study for a lost tapestry) before 1574 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Pomponio Amalteo Supper at Emmaus in a Lunette (study for fresco) before 1588 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Anonymous Italian Artist working in Milan The Ascension (study for altarpiece) ca. 1560 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Giuseppe Porta Scene before a Classical Altar with River God and Other Figures before 1575 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |