Editing Mannerism (section)

==Sculpture==
As in painting, early Italian Mannerist sculpture was very largely an attempt to find an original style that would top the achievement of the [[High Renaissance]], which in sculpture essentially meant Michelangelo, and much of the struggle to achieve this was played out in commissions to fill other places in the [[Piazza della Signoria]] in Florence, next to [[Michelangelo]]'s ''[[David (Michelangelo)|David]]''. [[Baccio Bandinelli]] took over the project of ''[[Hercules and Cacus]]'' from the master himself, but it was little more popular then than it is now, and maliciously compared by [[Benvenuto Cellini]] to "a sack of melons", though it had a long-lasting effect in apparently introducing relief panels on the [[pedestal]] of statues. Like other works of his and other Mannerists, it removes far more of the original block than Michelangelo would have done.<ref>Olson, pp. 179–182.</ref> Cellini's bronze ''[[Perseus with the Head of Medusa]]'' is certainly a masterpiece, designed with eight angles of view, another Mannerist characteristic, and artificially stylized in comparison with the ''David''s of Michelangelo and Donatello.<ref>Olson, pp. 183–187.</ref> Originally a goldsmith, his famous gold and enamel [[Cellini Salt Cellar|Salt Cellar]] (1543) was his first sculpture, and shows his talent at its best.<ref>Olson, pp. 182–183.</ref>

Small bronze figures for collector's [[Cabinet (room)|cabinets]], often mythological subjects with nudes, were a popular Renaissance form at which [[Giambologna]], originally [[Flanders|Flemish]] but based in Florence, excelled in the later part of the century. He also created life-size sculptures, of which two entered the collection in the Piazza della Signoria. He and his followers devised elegant elongated examples of the ''[[figura serpentinata]]'', often of two intertwined figures, that were interesting from all angles.<ref>Olson, pp. 194–202.</ref>

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File:1993-1994-Giardino Giusti (Verona)-testo e photo Paolo Villa-nB08 Cortile-Statua di Apollo - scultura Arte Manierista - parete di rampicanti - Kodak EktachromeElite 100 5045 EB 100.jpg|[[Apollo]]'s sculpture, [[Palazzo Giusti]], Verona, Mannerism art with typical ''[[contrapposto]]''
File:Fontainebleau escalier roi.jpg|[[Stucco]] [[overdoor]] at [[palace of Fontainebleau|Fontainebleau]], probably designed by [[Francesco Primaticcio|Primaticcio]], who painted the oval inset, 1530s or 1540s
File:03 2015 Perseo con la testa di Medusa-Benvenuto Cellini-Piazza della Signoria-Loggia dei Lanzi-volta a crociera-ordine corinzio (Firenze) Photo Paolo Villa FOTO9260.JPG|Benvenuto Cellini, ''[[Perseus with the Head of Medusa]]'', 1545–1554
File:Samson slaying a philistine.jpg|[[Giambologna]], ''Samson Slaying a Philistine'', about 1562
File:Giambologna raptodasabina.jpg|Giambologna, ''[[Abduction of a Sabine Woman]]'', completed in 1583, Florence, 13' 6" high, [[marble]]
File:Devries-mercuriocrop.jpg|[[Adriaen de Vries]], ''Mercury and Psyche'', [[Northern Mannerism|Northern Mannerist]] life-size bronze, made in 1593 for [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor]]
File:Statue Of Venus.jpg|''[[Venus (mythology)|Venus]]'', {{circa|125}}, marble, Roman, [[British Museum]]
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