Mannerism rejected the high renaissance style and created a brand new style.

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Explanation:

Some historians consider it a transition between the Renaissance and the Baroque, while others prefer to see it as a style per se. What is certain, however, is that mannerism is a consequence of a classic revival that is decaying. Artists are forced to look for elements that will allow them to renew and develop all the skills and techniques acquired during the Renaissance.

One of its main sources of inspiration is the religious spirit reigning in Europe at this time. Not only the Church, but all of Europe was divided after Luther's Reformation. Charles V, after defeating the high pontiff's troops, loots and destroys Rome. Desolation and uncertainty reign. Great empires are beginning to form, and man is no longer the main and only measure of the universe.

Painters, architects and sculptors are compelled to leave Rome for other cities. Drawing on the same elements of the Renaissance, but now in a totally different spirit, they create an art of mazes, spirals and strange proportions, which are undoubtedly the unmistakable mark of the mannerist style. Later on, this art would eventually be cultivated in every major European city.

photography had emerged as an elite art pursued by a few creative individuals for a few wealthy patrons. but now, said bauldelaire, it was succumbing to "the great industrial madness of our times." it was becoming a mass production industry that catered to middle-class tastes, including a taste for gadgetry. the stereoscope, the first 3d imaging system, had turned looking at photographs into parlor entertainment. a "thousand hungry eyes were bending over the peepholes of the stereoscope as though they were the attic-windows of the infinite.