This book employs a new approach to the art of sixteenth-century Europe by incorporating rhetoric and theory to enable a reinterpretation of the origin of Mannerism as being grounded in sixteenth-century spirituality.

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

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