A style that emerged in [[Italy]] around 1520–1600, characterized by elongated figures, unusual spatial compositions, and a deliberate departure from the harmonious ideals of the [[High Renaissance]]. Key figures include [[Parmigianino]], [[Pontormo]], [[El Greco]]—whose visionary [[View of Toledo - El Greco (1599)|View of Toledo]] distorts landscape into charged emotional drama—and [[Tintoretto]]. It succeeded the [[Renaissance]], emphasizing stylistic virtuosity and intellectual complexity over naturalism, and was eventually supplanted by the [[Baroque]].