Mannerist Period Sculptures

During the Mannerist period, more abstract representations were praised, (such as the "figura serpentinata" or "twisted figure") giving more thought to color and composition rather than realistic portrayal of the subjects in the piece. This is exemplified in Giambologna's Abduction Women, where the figures are not positioned in a way which is at all comfortable, or even humanly possible, but the position and emotion still come across.