Carlo Bononi was a pivotal figure in Ferrara at the turn of the seventeenth century. Under the Dukes of Este, the city had produced a rich line of painters notable for their great sense of invention... Read full biography
Carlo Bononi was a pivotal figure in Ferrara at the turn of the seventeenth century. Under the Dukes of Este, the city had produced a rich line of painters notable for their great sense of invention and idiosyncrasy, from Cosimo Tura to Garofalo; Bononi is often seen as the last great artist to... Read full biography
Carlo Bononi was a pivotal figure in Ferrara at the turn of the seventeenth century. Under the Dukes of Este, the city had produced a rich line of painters notable for their great sense of invention and idiosyncrasy, from Cosimo Tura to Garofalo; Bononi is often seen as the last great artist to emerge from this school. He was apprenticed first to Giuseppe Mazzuoli, il Bastarolo, but the latter’s untimely death – he drowned in the river Po in 1589 – meant Bononi sought the tutelage of... Read full biography
Carlo Bononi was a pivotal figure in Ferrara at the turn of the seventeenth century. Under the Dukes of Este, the city had produced a rich line of painters notable for their great sense of invention and idiosyncrasy, from Cosimo Tura to Garofalo; Bononi is often seen as the last great artist to emerge from this school. He was apprenticed first to Giuseppe Mazzuoli, il Bastarolo, but the latter’s untimely death – he drowned in the river Po in 1589 – meant Bononi sought the tutelage of Scarsellino, then the most renowned artist in Ferrara. His bold palette and warm tonality would leave a clear impression on his pupil. Bononi then embarked on a series of journeys to major artistic centres, including Rome, Bologna, Parma and Venice, during the... Read full biography
Carlo Bononi was a pivotal figure in Ferrara at the turn of the seventeenth century. Under the Dukes of Este, the city had produced a rich line of painters notable for their great sense of invention and idiosyncrasy, from Cosimo Tura to Garofalo; Bononi is often seen as the last great artist to emerge from this school. He was apprenticed first to Giuseppe Mazzuoli, il Bastarolo, but the latter’s untimely death – he drowned in the river Po in 1589 – meant Bononi sought the tutelage of Scarsellino, then the most renowned artist in Ferrara. His bold palette and warm tonality would leave a clear impression on his pupil. Bononi then embarked on a series of journeys to major artistic centres, including Rome, Bologna, Parma and Venice, during the first decade of the seventeenth century, absorbing a great range of artists’ work, from Correggio and Schedoni to the Carracci and Caravagg... Read full biography
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