Czére Andrea szerk.: A Szépművészeti Múzeum közleményei (Budapest, 2008)

ANNUAL REPORT • A 2008. ÉV - VILMOS TÁTRAI: Plunge into the World. The Art of Mannerism in Europe

13 INTERIOR VIEW OF THE EXHIBITION ible figures on the previously overpainted panel. The Wedding at Can a, a characteristic work by Vasari, the chief advocate of Mannerist aesthetic, was returned by the Canadian state to its rightful owner, the Budapest Museum of Fine arts, in 1999, and w

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as thus added to the selection of works lent to the Bucerius Kunst forum, making the Hamburg exhibition even more complete. The Museum of Fine Arts selected the works for the exhibition, while the exhibition concept was created by the German curator, Michael Philipp. Each section was centred on one important feature of mannerism, and the catalogue chapters were organised accordingly. Even though an individual work does not illustrate only one aspect of a style, the division of the selected material into sections and chapters was without doubt necessary and useful to ensure the transparency of the exhibition and to provide in-depth information for visitors. The sections focused attention on the following aspects of Mannerism: "The Picture as a Stage" on the role of the artist as a director, "Worldly Moments" on the new formulae of court portraits