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Domenico Campagnola BIOGRAPHY
c.1500 Venice, Italy - 1564 Padua, Italy. Known for: Engraving, landscape views and figure drawing.
The pupil of Giulio Campagnola, whose surname he adopted, Domenico was trained in early 16th-Century Venice in the circle of Titian and Giorgione, whose pastoral idiom was immensely influential on... Read full biography
The pupil of Giulio Campagnola, whose surname he adopted, Domenico was trained in early 16th-Century Venice in the circle of Titian and Giorgione, whose pastoral idiom was immensely influential on his work. An engraver as well as a draughtsman, his drawings share a strong compositional vocabulary... Read full biography
The pupil of Giulio Campagnola, whose surname he adopted, Domenico was trained in early 16th-Century Venice in the circle of Titian and Giorgione, whose pastoral idiom was immensely influential on his work. An engraver as well as a draughtsman, his drawings share a strong compositional vocabulary with that of the print. Campagnola's landscape drawings, with a strong emphasis on linearity, display an awareness of leading Northern printmakers, including Albrecht Dürer. Campagnola's landscapes... Read full biography
The pupil of Giulio Campagnola, whose surname he adopted, Domenico was trained in early 16th-Century Venice in the circle of Titian and Giorgione, whose pastoral idiom was immensely influential on his work. An engraver as well as a draughtsman, his drawings share a strong compositional vocabulary with that of the print. Campagnola's landscape drawings, with a strong emphasis on linearity, display an awareness of leading Northern printmakers, including Albrecht Dürer. Campagnola's landscapes emerge as his most influential artistic legacy. Campagnola's distinct truncated lines are used to build up his composition and only deviate to form loops and curls when denoting foliage. Whilst using a somewhat formulaic line, similar to the printing... Read full biography
The pupil of Giulio Campagnola, whose surname he adopted, Domenico was trained in early 16th-Century Venice in the circle of Titian and Giorgione, whose pastoral idiom was immensely influential on his work. An engraver as well as a draughtsman, his drawings share a strong compositional vocabulary with that of the print. Campagnola's landscape drawings, with a strong emphasis on linearity, display an awareness of leading Northern printmakers, including Albrecht Dürer. Campagnola's landscapes emerge as his most influential artistic legacy. Campagnola's distinct truncated lines are used to build up his composition and only deviate to form loops and curls when denoting foliage. Whilst using a somewhat formulaic line, similar to the printing technique, the result achieved in his drawing... Read full biography
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The pupil of Giulio Campagnola, whose surname he adopted, Domenico was trained in early 16th-Century Venice in the circle of Titian and Giorgione, whose pastoral idiom was immensely influential on his work.
An engraver as well as a draughtsman, his drawings share a strong compositional vocabulary with that of the print. Campagnola's landscape drawings, with a strong emphasis on linearity, display an awareness of leading Northern printmakers, including Albrecht Dürer. Campagnola's landscapes emerge as his most influential artistic legacy.
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