Bolognese school

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This article is about the genre of painting. For other uses, see Bologna School.
Portrait likely to be of Isabella d'Este, attributed to Francesco Francia, 1511
Annibale Carracci, the Cyclops Polyphemus in his frescos for the Palazzo Farnese
Deposition of Christ by Prospero Fontana, 1563
Domenichino, Saint Cecilia Distributing Alms, fresco, 1612–15, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome

The Bolognese school of painting, also known as the school of Bologna, flourished between the 16th and 17th centuries in Bologna, which rivalled Florence and Rome as the center of painting in Italy. Its most important representatives include the Carracci family, including Ludovico Carracci and his two cousins, the brothers Agostino and Annibale Carracci. Later, it included other Baroque painters: Domenichino and Lanfranco, active mostly in Rome, eventually Guercino and Guido Reni, and Accademia degli Incamminati in Bologna, which was run by Lodovico Carracci.[1] Certain artistic conventions, which over time became traditionalist, had been developed in Rome during the first decades of the 16th century. As time passed, some artists sought new approaches to their work that no longer reflected only the Roman manner. The Carracci studio sought innovation or invention, seeking new ways to break away from traditional modes of painting while continuing to look for inspiration from their literary contemporaries; the studio formulated a style that was distinguished from the recognized manners of art in their time. This style was seen as both systematic and imitative, borrowing particular motifs from the past Roman schools of art and innovating a modernistic approach.

List of artists

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Period of activity: 1501–1600

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1601–1650

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1650–1700 and after

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1850–1960 (approximately) The landscape painters

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Source:[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Bolognese school | art". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  2. ^ Bologna (Italy), Galleria de' Fusari, Dipinti Antichi; Bologna (Italy), Dipinti antichi, Galleria de' Fusari; Fusari, Dipinti Antichi | Galleria de' (20 November 2017). "Paesaggisti bolognesi, 1900–1950". Dipinti Antichi | Galleria de` Fusari. Retrieved 29 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Patrimonio culturale dell'Emilia-Romagna". bbcc.ibc.regione.emilia-romagna.it (in Italian). Retrieved 29 September 2020.

Further reading

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  • Raimond Van Marle. The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, Volume 4 (1924) pp 394–481.
  • Francis P. Smyth and John P. O'Neill (Editors in Chief (1986). National Gallery of Art, Washington DC (ed.). The Age of Correggio and the Carracci: Emilian Painting of the 16th and 17th Centuries. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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