Question

Which architect employed the Mannerist style?

1. Alberti

2. Bramante

3. Pontormo

4. Palladio


I've narrowed it down to Bramante and Pontormo; Pontormo was a mannerist painter, and Bramante, an architect. The thing is, if I pick Pontormo, he wasn't an architect. If i pick Bramante, I'm not sure if he was associated with mannerism ₋₋he's often associated with High Renaissance works. Mannerism was said to have started about 1520s.
Palladilo was about 12 then, and Alberti had died about 1 or 2 decades ago.

Anyways, Michelangelo (an architect) is actually said to have employed or established the mannerism style, so I honestly think this question is flawed, but I have to work with two options here.

If there is anything I should reconsider, let me know. THANKS!

Answer 1

Based on what you've enumerated about the two choices, Bramante and Pontormo. You should choose Pontormo since he was an architect and the question states "Which architect employed the mannerism technique". Therefore, the answer should be an architect whose works reflect the technique of mannerism. 

Answer 2

Answer:

2. Bramante

Explanation:

     Mannerist architecture is born out of the tradition established by Renaissance architects such as Alberti, Filippo Brunelleschi and Bramante in the 15th and early 16th centuries, who drew their inspiration mainly from ancient treaty writers such as Vitruvius and the Roman ruins, which remained visible since antiquity and served as a memento perennial of the great classic past, whose influence was never lost at all for the Italians.

    The perspective developed in the 15th century and the growing importance of drawing as an aid to knowledge were fundamental elements for the development of the classicist architectural style, which reached a high point in works such as the Pazzi Chapel and Bramante's Tempietto, which enshrined the system of proportions and the organization of the typical spaces of the High Renaissance.