L aretino agostino carracci biography
First and famous edition of "Aretino" by Agostino Carracci, "the most artistic of erotic books in terms of the execution of the drawings." (Cohen, Guide de l'.
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Agostino Carracci ()
COLOURS USED IN PAINTING
For details of the pigments
used by Agostino Carracci
in his colour painting,
see: Renaissance Colour Palette.
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Biography
Born into a family of Bolognese Old Masters, the Italian painter and printmaker Agostino Carracci was the brother of the renowned Annibale Carracci () and the cousin of Ludovico Carracci (), with whom he founded the celebrated Bolognese School of painting (c).
As an artist, Agostino is noted in particular for his printmaking which circulated widely in Europe. In addition he collaborated with his brother on several projects, including the decoration of the Ceiling of the Farnese Palace in Rome ().
He was also a popular and skilled teacher: his anatomical studies, for instance, were later engraved and used for almost two centuries as academic teaching aids. His final years were spent as court painter for Duke Ranuccio Farnese in Parma, where he died wi