Mannerism: provided the transition between Renaissance and Baroque art styles of the 17th century rejected the symmetrical and realistic style of the Renaissance in favor of emotions, distorted figures, lurid colors and mystical scenes reflected the emotional turmoil of the Reformation, Counter Reformation and Thirty Years' War techniques: unnatural lighting, diagonal compositions sometimes out of the frame, elongated bodies, swirling smoke or clouds, miraculous subject matter helped the Catholic church fight back against <PERSON> beliefs