Madonna with the Long Neck

Painting · 1534–1540 · Parma · Europe

The textbook case of Mannerist distortion: stretched bodies and jarring scale

Author: Parmigianino
Style: Mannerism — Renaissance harmony deliberately unbalanced: stretched bodies, cold colour, crowded space
Century: 16th century

Made around the same time (±30 years)

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