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Correggio
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Cor·reg·gio  (k-rj, k-rdj), Antonio Allegri da 1494-1534.
Italian High Renaissance painter known for his use of chiaroscuro. Among his works are devotional pictures, including Holy Night, and frescoes, such as those in the convent of San Paolo in Parma (1518).
Correggio (Italian) [korˈreddʒo]
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(Biographies / Correggio, Antonio Allegri da (1494-1534) M, Italian, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) Antonio Allegri da (anˈtɔːnjo alˈleːgri da). 1494-1534, Italian painter, noted for his striking use of perspective and foreshortening
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Noun1.CorreggioCorreggio - Italian painter noted for his use of chiaroscuro and perspective (1494-1534)
Antonio Allegri da Correggio


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In the sixteenth century Giorgio Vasari hailed Antonio Allegri da Correggio as the first Lombard artist to work in the modern style, adding that his art would have reached absolute perfection if only he had left Lombardy for Rome.
Correggio by Vaccaro, Mary / Renaissance Quarterly
In the sixteenth century Giorgio Vasari hailed Antonio Allegri da Correggio as the first Lombard artist to work in the modern style, adding that his art would have reached absolute perfection if only he had left Lombardy for Rome.
Correggio's Frescoes in Parma Cathedral by Vaccaro, Mary / Renaissance Quarterly
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