Bargellini Madonna (1588) Oil on canvas, 282 x 188 cm
Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna

Ludovico Carracci (April 21, 1555 РNovember 13, 1619) was an Italian painter, etcher, and printmaker who helped reinvigorate Italian art after Mannerism by founding an academy in Bologna in 1585. Along with his cousins Annibale Carracci and Agostino Carracci he is considered to be the founder of the Eclectic School of painting of the late 16th century in Italy. Download high resolution version (576x888, 98 KB)Bargellini Madonna by Lodovico Carracci (1588) Oil on canvas, 282 x 188 cm Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna Source: http://gallery. ... Download high resolution version (576x888, 98 KB)Bargellini Madonna by Lodovico Carracci (1588) Oil on canvas, 282 x 188 cm Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna Source: http://gallery. ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... Events Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland February 2 - Diet of Augsburg begins February 4 - John Rogers becomes first Protestant martyr in England February 9 - Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake May 23 - Paul IV becomes Pope. ... November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... Events May 13 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason. ... Mannerism is the usual English term for an approach to all the arts, particularly painting but not exclusive to it, a reaction to the High Renaissance, emerging after the Sack of Rome in 1527 shook Renaissance confidence, humanism and rationality to their foundations, and even Religion had split apart. ... Bologna (from Latin Bononia, Bul̴ggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. ... 1585 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. ... The Flight into Egypt (1603) Oil on canvas, 122 x 230 cm Galleria Doria-Pamphili, Rome Annibale Carracci (November 3, 1560, in Bologna - July 15, 1609, in Rome) was an Italian painter, etcher and engraver. ... Categories: People stubs | 1557 births | 1602 deaths | Italian painters ... Eclecticism is a kind of mixed style in the fine arts, in which features are borrowed from various sources and styles. ...

He was born and died in Bologna. Ludovico apprenticed under Prospero Fontana in Bologna and traveled to Florence, Parma, and Venice before founding the Accademia degli Incamminati with his cousins Annibale Carracci and Agostino Carracci with Ludovico at its head. This academy was responsible for training some of the more notable artsists of the next generation, including Guido Reni and Domenichino, with studies focused on observation of nature, study of poses from life, and bold scale in drawing figures. Ludovico specifically helped train Giacomo Cavedone from 1595 onward, when the latter became Caposindaco of the Accademia degli' Incamminati. Prospero Fontana (1512 - 1597), Italian painter, was born in Bologna, and became a pupil of Innocenzo da Imola. ... Bologna (from Latin Bononia, BulÃ¥ggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. ... Founded 59 BC as Florentia Region Tuscany Mayor Leonardo Domenici (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  102 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 356,000 almost 500,000 3,453/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 43°47 N 11°15 E www. ... Parma is a medieval city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, with splendid architecture and a fine countryside around it. ... Location within Italy Venice (Italian: Venezia), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, 45°26′ N 12°19′ E, population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). ... Autoportrait Guido at his best: Abduction of Deianira, 1620-21 The Bolognese painter Guido Reni (November 4, 1575 - August 18, 1642) epitomizes much of the best, but also some of the more embarrassing, features of Baroque painting. ... Domenico Zampieri (or Domenichino) (October 21, 1581 - April 15, 1641), Italian painter, born at Bologna, was the son of a shoemaker. ...

Ludovico's own are works are characterized by a strong mood envoked by broad gestures and flickering light that give a snese of spiritual emotion. His style would influence several Italian Baroque painters. Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint In arts, the Baroque (or baroque) is both a period and the style that dominated it. ...

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