(Italian: “Greek manner”). (Also known as the Italo-Byzantine style). A term coined by Giorgio Vasari (1511–74) for 13th-century Italian painting that was influenced by Byzantine styles. The maniera greca is characterized by gilded backgrounds, flattened space, and striations to suggest folds of fabric.

Cimabue. Castelfiorentino Madonna. Tempera on panel. 1280s. Museo di Santa Verdiana, Castelfiorentino, Italy.