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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).
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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 Florence he had discovered the Correggio he had been sent to find.
A Wasted Day by Davis, Richard View in context
He liked that story of Correggio, and he fancied himself standing before some great masterpiece and crying: Anch' io son' pittore.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
He sighed, and whispered a name, and the head bathed in tears and pressed on the velvet cushion of the chair -- a head like that of a Magdalen by Correggio -- was raised and turned towards him.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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