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Guido Reni: see Reni, Guido Reni, Guido , 1575–1642, Italian painter and engraver, b. Bologna. As a child he entered the studio of the Flemish painter Denis Calvaert. He was for a short time (c.1595) a pupil of the Carracci, who were then at the height of their popularity.
..... Click the link for more information. . Reni, Guido Born Nov. 4, 1575, in Calvenzano, Emilia-Romagna; died Aug. 18, 1642, in Bologna. Italian painter. Reni was greatly influenced by the Carracci brothers, Raphael, Caravaggio, and the artists of ancient Greece and Rome. He worked primarily in Rome (from 1605) and Bologna (from 1622). His mature works combine balanced, clear, and frequently relief-like composition with a palette consisting of gradations of warm golden or illuminated silver tones (for example, the fresco decoration Aurora, Rospigliosi Palace, Rome, c. 1610). Saccharine sentimentality or cold idealization (for example, Atalanta and Hippomenes, Capodimonte Museum, Naples) intensified in Reni’s works of his Bologna period. As a result, Reni’s name was often considered in later periods as a synonym for an academic artist. REFERENCESShcherbacheva, M. I. “Kartiny Gvido Reni v sobranii Ermitazha.” Trudy gosudarstvennogo Ermitazha, vol. 1. Moscow, 1956. Pages 73–80.Gnudi, C, and G. C. Cavalli. Guido Reni. [Florence, 1955.] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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