figura serpentinata (English spelling) figuraserpentinata

Japanese: figura serpentinata(英語表記)figuraserpentinata
figura serpentinata (English spelling) figuraserpentinata

…All Mannerist works show, on the one hand, the extreme refinement or excessive, unnatural use of the techniques of objective depiction perfected in the Renaissance, and, on the other hand, an attempt at new spiritual expression that goes beyond the limits of classicism. Specific characteristics of Mannerism include the disregard for proportion in the depiction of figures and the frequent use of the so-called figura serpentinata (snake-like figure), the abandonment or distortion of perspective, abstract color combinations based on pure aesthetic considerations rather than realism, and symbolic interpretations of themes that give priority to literary and ideological meanings. Clear space and composition, and direct and easy-to-understand interpretations of themes are characteristic of the Renaissance and Baroque, not of Mannerism. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "figura serpentinata" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… マニエリスムの作品はいずれも,一方ではルネサンスに完成された客観描写の諸技法の極端な洗練もしくは過剰,不自然な用法を,他方では古典主義的限界を超えた新たな精神的表現への試みを示している。具体的にマニエリスムの特色をあげるならば,それは,人物表現における比例の無視といわゆる〈フィグーラ・セルペンティナータfigura serpentinata(蛇状姿態)〉の多用,遠近法の廃棄もしくはその歪曲,リアリズムによらず純粋な美的配慮による抽象的色彩配合,文学的・思想的意味を優先させた象徴的主題解釈などが指摘できる。明晰な空間と構成,直接的でわかりやすい主題解釈は,ルネサンスおよびバロックのものであってマニエリスムの特色ではない。…

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