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Historical Artist - Ludovico Carracci (1555 - 1619)
One of the oldest of the Carracci family, Ludovico may have inspired the artists to develop
their style that shifted Italian painting away from Mannerism. At their school, the Accademia
degli Incamminati, the Carracci’s trained most of the later Bolognese painters such as
Domenichino and Guernico. They also influenced these younger painters to draw form life and
emphasize realistic form. When Agnostino and Annibale left for Rome at the end of the sixteenth
century, Ludovico ran the academy single-handedly. The Carracci are credited with reinvigorating
Italian art, specially fresco art, which was subsumed with formalistic Mannerism. Carracci's own
works are characterized by a strong mood invoked by broad gestures and flickering light that
create spiritual emotion. Ludovico Carracci died in Bologna in 1619.
Contemporary Italian Artists
Art Galleries in Italy
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