Editing Mannerism (section)

====The competitive spirit====
The competitive spirit was cultivated by patrons who encouraged sponsored artists to emphasize virtuosic technique and to compete with one another for commissions. It drove artists to look for new approaches and dramatically illuminated scenes, elaborate clothes and compositions, elongated proportions, highly stylized poses, and a lack of clear perspective. [[Leonardo da Vinci]] and [[Michelangelo]] were each given a commission by [[Gonfaloniere of Justice|Gonfaloniere]] [[Piero Soderini]] to decorate a wall in the [[Palazzo Vecchio|Hall of Five Hundred]] in Florence. These two artists were set to paint side by side and compete against each other,<ref name="Battle of Cascina">{{cite web |last1=Redazione |title=The Battle of Cascina: when Michelangelo competed with Leonardo da Vinci. |url=https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/works-and-artists/the-battle-of-cascina-when-michelangelo-competed-with-leonardo-da-vinci |website=Finestre sull' Arte |publisher=Danae Project srl. |access-date=March 6, 2025}}</ref> fueling the incentive to be as innovative as possible.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}
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|[[File:La batalla de Cascina - Sangallo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|alt=copy of lost painting that had been by Michelangelo|Copy after lost original, Michelangelo's ''Battaglia di Cascina'', by [[Bastiano da Sangallo]], originally intended by Michelangelo to compete with Leonardo's entry for the same commission]]
|[[File:Peter Paul Ruben's copy of the lost Battle of Anghiari.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|alt=copy of lost painting that had been by Leonardo da Vinci|Copy after lost original, [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s ''[[The Battle of Anghiari (Leonardo)|Battaglia di Anghiari]]'', by [[Rubens]], originally intended by Leonardo to compete with Michelangelo's entry for the same commission]]
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