It’s a Manner(ism) of Speaking
Sure, art movements are time period specific, but the criteria of Mannerism made me think of comic books. Exaggerate beauty, distorted or elongated bodies (sometimes overmuscularized), heightened movement and tension, and unrealistic lighting. The sloping shoulders and long necks of Il Bronzino?
Some of these descriptions remind me of “sequential artists” like Mike Mignola…

Adam Pollina…

and Stephen Platt…

Bronzino, Mignola, Adam Pollina, Stephen Platt
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