Correggio

Italian · 1489–1534

Renaissance

In his use of dynamic composition, illusionistic perspective and dramatic foreshortening, Correggio prefigured the Baroque art of the seventeenth century and the Rococo art of the eighteenth century.

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The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine — The living window: art moves here the way it moves in your living room.

works in the Momentable archive: 4works in the Momentable archive
museum holds them: 1museum holds them
life: 1489–1534life
movement: Renaissancemovement

The work

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The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Correggio · National Gallery of Art

Salvator Mundi

Correggio · National Gallery of Art

Who Correggio was

Antonio Allegri da Correggio, usually known as just Correggio, was an Italian Renaissance painter who was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Renaissance, and was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sensuous works of the sixteenth century. In his use of dynamic composition, illusionistic perspective and dramatic foreshortening, Correggio prefigured the Baroque art of the seventeenth century and the Rococo art of the eighteenth century. He is considered a master of chiaroscuro.

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