Antonio da Correggio
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| '''Antonio Allegri da Correggio''' (August [[1489]] – [[March 5]], [[1534]]) was the foremost painter of the [[Parma]] school of the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]], who was responsible for some of the most [[vigorous]] and [[sensuous]] works of the [[16th century]]. In his use of dynamic composition, [[illusion]]istic perspective and dramatic [[foreshortening]], Correggio prefigured the [[Rococo]] art of the [[18th century]]. | '''Antonio Allegri da Correggio''' (August [[1489]] – [[March 5]], [[1534]]) was the foremost painter of the [[Parma]] school of the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]], who was responsible for some of the most [[vigorous]] and [[sensuous]] works of the [[16th century]]. In his use of dynamic composition, [[illusion]]istic perspective and dramatic [[foreshortening]], Correggio prefigured the [[Rococo]] art of the [[18th century]]. | ||
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Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 – March 5, 1534) was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the Italian Renaissance, who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sensuous works of the 16th century. In his use of dynamic composition, illusionistic perspective and dramatic foreshortening, Correggio prefigured the Rococo art of the 18th century.
He is sometimes compared to his contemporary in the North: Hans Baldung Grien.
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