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  • noun art 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.

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  • Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) was the leading artist in Germany, copying the style of the High Renaissance that combined grace and extreme elegance, a style known as "Mannerism".

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) was the leading artist in Germany, copying the style of the High Renaissance that combined grace and extreme elegance, a style known as "Mannerism".

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) was the leading artist in Germany, copying the style of the High Renaissance that combined grace and extreme elegance, a style known as "Mannerism".

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) was the leading artist in Germany, copying the style of the High Renaissance that combined grace and extreme elegance, a style known as "Mannerism".

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) was the leading artist in Germany, copying the style of the High Renaissance that combined grace and extreme elegance, a style known as "Mannerism".

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) was the leading artist in Germany, copying the style of the High Renaissance that combined grace and extreme elegance, a style known as "Mannerism".

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) was the leading artist in Germany, copying the style of the High Renaissance that combined grace and extreme elegance, a style known as "Mannerism".

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) was the leading artist in Germany, copying the style of the High Renaissance that combined grace and extreme elegance, a style known as "Mannerism".

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) was the leading artist in Germany, copying the style of the High Renaissance that combined grace and extreme elegance, a style known as "Mannerism".

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) was the leading artist in Germany, copying the style of the High Renaissance that combined grace and extreme elegance, a style known as "Mannerism".

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

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