Mantuanesque

English

Etymology

From Mantuan +‎ -esque, in reference to Baptista Mantuanus.

Adjective

Mantuanesque (comparative more Mantuanesque, superlative most Mantuanesque)

1. (literature) Of or relating to a style of pastoral vision with religious overtones of the "Good Shepherd", as opposed to the Arcadian pastoral vision of innocent rural bliss.