Mannerism (Vol. I and II) - 9781032358277

Taylor & Francis

Mannerism (Vol. I and II)The Crisis of the Renaissance and the Origin of Modern Art\nAuthor(s): Arnold Hauser\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032358277, 978-1032358277\nSynopsis\nFirst published in 1965, Mannerism is the rediscovery and revaluation of Mannerism, that long misjudged artistic style which came into its own during the crisis of the Renaissance. Expressionism, Surrealism and Abstract Art prepared the ground for a new understanding of Mannerism, and Dr. Hauser shows how this revaluation signifies an even deeper caesura in intellectual history than the crisis of the Renaissance itself in which Mannerism arose. These propositions however, only touch on the problem which is exhaustively treated by Hauser in all its historical and thematical variations. \n\nThe author does not confine himself to the observation of development from the point of view of the history of art. In Part One he considers the emerg.