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Carracci
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Car·rac·ci  (k-räch, kä-rät-)
Family of Bolognese painters, including Agostino (1557-1602), his brother Annibale (1560-1609), and their cousin Lodovico (1555-1619). Their works and influence led a reform of Mannerism that provided a transition to the baroque style.
Carracci [kəˈrɑːtʃɪ (Italian) karˈrattʃi]
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(Biographies / Carracci, Agostino (1557-1602)) X) a family of Italian painters, born in Bologna: Agostino (agosˈtiːno) (1557-1602); his brother, Annibale (anˈniːbale) (1560-1609), noted for his frescoes, esp in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome; and their cousin, Ludovico (ludoˈviːko) (1555-1619). They were influential in reviving the classical tradition of the Renaissance and founded a teaching academy (1582) in Bologna
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The chain continues with his pupil Prospero Fontana training Agostino Carracci,one of three artistic brothers who, while still young men, opened the CarracciAcademy in Bologna.
How the art was Mastered by The Daily Mail (London, England)
Elizabeth Cropper's The Domenichino Affair: Novelty, Imitation and Theft in Seventeenth-Century Rome (Yale, £30) may sound like the latest Dan Brown thriller, but is instead a profoundly revealing investigation into the relationship between two altarpieces, respectively by Agostino Carracci and Domenichino, both representing the distinctly obscure subject of the Last Communion of Saint Jerome.
Christmas art books by David Ekserdjian / Spectator, The London
There are also exquisite works by figures of more specialty interest--Parmigianino, Agostino Carracci, Jacob Jordaens, Roelant Savory, and Hubert Robert to name just a few.
The Draftsman's Art: Master Drawings from the National Gallery of ... by Naves, Mario / New Criterion
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