This manages to impart a Baroque swagger to the Northern Mannerist vocabulary. In the mannerist, baroque and romantic periods, expression has prevailed. It begins in the Renaissance, and becomes increasingly popular in Mannerist and Baroque ornament. For ornament, French and Flemish Northern Mannerist decoration was more influential than Italian. Here, he befriended Michelangelo Anselmi, a prominent Mannerist painter. Vertumnus is a painting by Mannerist painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo produced in Milan . The suites are famous for their Mannerist frescoes. Several artists of the Mannerist and Flemish schools practiced their art in the city. Atlantes, however, have played a more significant role in Mannerist and Baroque architecture. Mannerist painters were intensely drawn to the scene. Yet, one has only to look at Baroque, Mannerist, and Victorian sources for different opinions. Iconography, often convoluted and abstruse, is a more prominent element in the Mannerist styles. Villa Giulia became one of the most delicate examples of Mannerist architecture. His design of the Laurentian Library pioneered Mannerist architecture. Here we learn that he studied with Abraham Bloemaert, a Mannerist painter.