Answer:
The word mannerist originates from the Italian word, 'maniera' which means "style".
- Difference from the rest of artists i.e painters:
As there were some power-brokers in the Vatican city in that era, they wanted these painters to only depict the Biblical themes, along with occasional mythology in there artistic work. These painters were restricted not to go outside the criteria set by them to make a piece of art. And that is why some of them left the state in order to get free of any restriction on them and to do any artistic work as they want it to be.
Step-by-step explanation:
The painters who worked with a different style, as there art and more over paintings had different characteristics as compared to the artistic work of all the other painters and artists around the globe.
- Characteristics of the artistic work:
There paintings were characterized by having some garish colors and elaborately mannered, contorted postures, as with that many other specialties were also there in it which made there art more different then most of the artistic work in that era.