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Classicism vs Mannerism - What's the difference?

classicism | mannerism |

As nouns the difference between classicism and mannerism

is that classicism is all the classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, especially the aspects of simplicity, elegance and proportion while mannerism is a group of verbal or other unconscious habitual behaviors peculiar to an individual.

classicism

English

Noun

(wikipedia classicism)
  • (uncountable) All the classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, especially the aspects of simplicity, elegance and proportion.
  • (uncountable) Classical scholarship.
  • (countable) A Latin or Ancient Greek expression used in an English sentence.
  • mannerism

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A group of verbal or other unconscious habitual behaviors peculiar to an individual.
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  • Exaggerated or effected style in art, speech, or other behavior.
  • References
    * APA Dictionary of Psychology, 2007

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , from (maniera), coined by at the end of the XVIII century.

    Alternative forms

    * Mannerism

    Noun

    (en 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.
  • (arts, literature) In fine art, a style that is inspired by previous models, aiming to reproduce subjects in an expressive language.