Mannerism/Talk

This (Mannerism/Art) escaped me earlier in the exchange over the Baroque. I think this author's approach is best characterized by the sentence:

"Art began to gain its own value."

I suppose I can guess what that is supposed to mean - Art for art's sake? It fits with the rest of the article, seeing a 16th century style MAINLY in terms of paving the way for 20th century styles like Expressionism! Aaack! Mannerism had its own value, and MERE paradox was not it. It was abstruse, but decipherable. Whoever was doing those "Name Your Art Style" / Subpage entries was addicted to a bad survey text. *sigh*. --MichaelTinkler

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