by Jon Lackman | 4 October 2006 | Baroque/Neoclassical, Museums
From the AP: “The Baroque-era painter Annibale Carracci – underpaid during his lifetime and under-appreciated for centuries after his death – is enjoying a posthumous renaissance in his native Italy. What is described as his first solo show opened [recently] at Bologna’s Civic Archaeological Museum. Entitled simply ‘Annibale Carracci,’ the show works to dispel the long-held notion that he was little more than a particularly skilled assimilator of contributions from the greats, incorporating accurate depictions of architecture from Raphael’s work and the vibrant colours of Titian in his art. Instead, the curators try to show that Carracci, who lived from 1560-1609, was a genius in his own right – an innovative, influential force who held his own against Caravaggio, his more highly celebrated, often reckless contemporary.”
