In his lifetime, Michelangelo was often called ("the divine one"). His contemporaries admired his terribilità—his ability to instill a sense of awe in viewers of his art. Attempts by subsequent artists to imitateArt and Illusion, E. H. Gombrich, the expressive physicality of Michelangelo's style contributed to the rise of Mannerism, a short-lived movement in Western art between the High Renaissance and the Baroque.
In his lifetime, Michelangelo was often called ("the divine one"). His contemporaries admired his terribilità—his ability to instill a sense of awe in viewers of his art. Attempts by subsequent artists to imitateArt and Illusion, E. H. Gombrich, the expressive physicality of Michelangelo's style contributed to the rise of Mannerism, a short-lived ,movement in Western art between the High Renaissance and the Baroque.