Antonio da Correggio
Italian Renaissance painter (1489–1534) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 – 5 March 1534), usually known as just Correggio (/kəˈrɛdʒioʊ/, also UK: /kɒˈ-/, US: /-dʒoʊ/,[1][2][3] Italian: [korˈreddʒo]) was an Italian Renaissance painter who was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Renaissance, who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sensuous works of the sixteenth century. In his use of dynamic composition, illusionistic perspective and dramatic foreshortening, Correggio prefigured the Baroque art of the seventeenth century and the Rococo art of the eighteenth century. He is considered a master of chiaroscuro.
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Antonio da Correggio | |
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Born | Antonio Allegri August 1489 |
Died | 5 March 1534(1534-03-05) (aged 44) Correggio, Duchy of Modena and Reggio |
Nationality | Italian |
Known for | Fresco, painting |
Notable work | Jupiter and Io Assumption of the Virgin |
Movement | High Renaissance Mannerism |
Spouse |
Girolama Francesca di Braghetis
(m. 1519; died 1529) |
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