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Annibale Carracci

Annibale Carracci (1560 - 1609) was active/lived in Italy.  Annibale Carracci is known for Baroque religious genre and figure painting.

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Annibale Carracci was known as eclectic because he selected the things he most admired from the great artists before him and fused them into his own work.  He was a fine artist in his own right and original enough to do this successfully.  His many followers of lesser talent leaned so heavily upon their predecessors that the art of such eclectic painters fell into disrepute and eclecticism became a term of disgrace.

Annibale was the youngest of three brothers who ran an academy of painters. Sons of a Bologna butcher, Ludovico (1555-1619) was the eldest and founder of the Academy.  By preference he specialized in religious subjects.  Agostino (1557-1602), trained first as a goldsmith, was witty, handsome and erudite.  A superb draftsman, he excelled in etching and his paintings of broad-bottomed nudes are among the Carraci's best. Of all the family, Annibale, the youngest of the three, born in 1560, was easily the most talented.  Silent and melanchol   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1692 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Annibale Carracci

   Annibale Carracci  Born:  1560 - Bologna, Italy
Died:   1609 - Rome, Italy
Known for:  Baroque religious genre and figure painting
Name variants:  Annibale Caracci

Annibale Carracci was known as eclectic because he selected the things he most admired from the great artists before him and fused them into his own work.  He was a fine artist in his own right and original enough to do this successfully.  His many followers of lesser talent leaned so heavily upon their predecessors that the art of such eclectic painters fell into disrepute and eclecticism became a term of disgrace.

Annibale was the youngest of three brothers who ran an academy of painters. Sons of a Bologna butcher, Ludovico (1555-1619) was the eldest and founder of the Academy.  By preference he specialized in religious subjects.  Agostino (1557-1602), trained first as a goldsmith, was witty, handsome and erudit  ...  Displaying 750 of 1692 characters.

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