Mannerism
by:
John Shearman (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140137590 (0140137599)
Publish date: January 25th 1991
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
This is a fabulous book for all the obvious reasons - viz., because it is a good book. The author is smart, and in discussing his topic, he opens a vista, not just on European art of the 15th-17th centuries, but on more universal trends...In particular, Mannerism is (for Shearman) an excess of class...