1st Edition

Mannerism, Spirituality and Cognition The Art Of Enargeia

By Lynette M. F. Bosch Copyright 2020
156 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

156 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

156 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book employs a new approach to the art of sixteenth-century Europe by incorporating rhetoric and theory to enable a reinterpretation of elements of Mannerism as being grounded in sixteenth-century spirituality. Lynette M. F. Bosch examines the conceptual vocabulary found in sixteenth-century treatises on art from Giorgio Vasari to Federico Zuccari, which analyses how language and... Read more

Prologue. Mannerism (A Personal History)





Introduction. Approaching Mannerism 



1. From the Ars Nova to the Maniera Moderna



2. From Lifelike to Living: Enargeia and the Maniera Moderna



3. Enargeia, Spirituality and Maniera: From St. Paul to Vasari
4. From Leone Ebreo to Federico Zuccari: God’s Plan for Art





5. Maniera: A History



Conclusion. Mannerism, Mysticism and Cognition

Biography

Lynette M. F. Bosch, State University of New York Distinguished Professor and Chair, Art History Department, SUNY, Geneseo.