Correggio Self-researched
Born: c. 1489, Correggio Died: 1534, Correggio Source: self-research
Antonio Allegri da Correggio was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Renaissance. His use of dynamic composition, illusionistic perspective and dramatic foreshortening prefigured the Baroque and Rococo styles.
Artworks
Danaë Self-researched
A sensuous depiction of the mythological princess Danaë receiving Zeus in the form of a shower of gold. Part of a series of paintings on the loves of Jupiter commissioned by Federico II Gonzaga.
