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Mannerism vs Airs - What's the difference?

mannerism | airs |

As nouns the difference between mannerism and airs

is that mannerism is (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 while airs is .

As a verb airs is

(air).

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.

    • airs

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • An affected manner intended to impress others.
    • * (English Citations of "airs")

    Related terms

    * airs and graces

    Verb

    (head)
  • (air)

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