Bolognese School

Domenichino, *Saint Cecilia Distributing Alms*, fresco, 1612–15, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome

The Bolognese School of painting, also known as the School of Bologna, flourished between the 16th and 17th centuries in Bologna, which rivalled Florence and Rome as the center of painting in Italy. Its most important representatives include the Carracci family, including Ludovico Carracci and his two cousins, the brothers Agostino and Annibale Carracci. Later, it included other Baroque painters: Domenichino and Lanfranco, active mostly in Rome, eventually Guercino and Guido Reni, and Accademia degli Incamminati in Bologna, which was run by Lodovico Carracci.^[1] Certain artistic conventions, which over time became traditionalist, had been developed in Rome during the first decades of the 16th century. As time passed, some artists sought new approaches to their work that no longer reflected only the Roman manner. The Carracci studio sought innovation or invention, seeking new ways to break away from traditional modes of painting while continuing to look for inspiration from their literary contemporaries; the studio formulated a style that was distinguished from the recognized manners of art in their time. This style was seen as both systematic and imitative, borrowing particular motifs from the past Roman schools of art and innovating a modernistic approach.

List of artists

Period of activity: 1501–1600

Francesco Francia (1447–1517)
Amico Aspertini (1474–1552)
Girolamo da Treviso (1497–1544)
Pier Maria Pennacchi (1464 – before 1516)
Girolamo da Carpi (1501–1556)
Lorenzo Sabbatini (c. 1530 – 1576)
Denys Calvaert (1540–1619)
Pietro Faccini (1552–1614)
Prospero Fontana (1512–1597)
Lavinia Fontana (1552–1614)
Giovanni Francesco Bezzi (Nosadella) (1530–1571)
Bartolomeo Passerotti (1529–1592)
Bartolomeo Cesi (1556–1629)
Annibale Carracci (1560–1609)
Ludovico Carracci (1555–1619)
Agostino Carracci (1557–1602)
Carlo Bononi (1569 – c. 1632)
Sisto Badalocchio (1581 – c. 1647)
Camillo Procaccini (1551–1629)

1601–1650

Angelo Michele Toni
Benedetto Gennari
Guido Reni (1575–1642)
Domenichino (1581–1641)
Francesco Albani (1578–1660)
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Guercino) (1591–1666)
Lionello Spada
Lucio Massari
Francesco Brizio
Giacomo Cavedone
Bartolomeo Schedoni
Francesco Gessi (1558–1649)
Simone Cantarini (Il Pesarese) (1612–1648)
Carlo Cignani (1628–1719)
Giovanni Antonio Burrini
Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole
Lorenzo Pasinelli (1629–1772)
Elisabetta Sirani (1638–1665)
Marcantonio Franceschini
Guido Cagnacci (1601–1663)
Giuseppe Maria Mazza (sculptor, 1653–1741)
Lorenzo Garbieri (1580–1654)
Domenico Maria Canuti (1620–1660)
Angelo Michele Colonna (1604–1687)
Agostino Mitelli (1609–1660)
Enrico Haffner (1640–1702)
Giovanni Maria Bibiena
Giovan Giacomo Monti
Giovanni Battista Viola
Alessandro Tiarini
Giovanni Andrea Donducci (il Mastelletta)

1650–1700 and after

Giuseppe Maria Crespi (1665–1747)
Donato Creti (1671–1749)
Ubaldo Gandolfi (1728–1781)
Gaetano Gandolfi (1734–1802)
Giuseppe Marchesi (il Sansone; 1778–1867)

1850–1960 (approximately) The landscape painters

Source:^[2]

Luigi Bertelli (1833–1916)
Alessandro Scorzoni (1858–1933)
Flavio Bertelli (1865–1941)
Giovanni Secchi (1876–1950)^[3]
Guglielmo Pizzirani (1886–1971)
Antonino Sartini (1889–1954)

References

^ "Bolognese school | art". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ Bologna (Italy), Galleria de' Fusari, Dipinti Antichi; Bologna (Italy), Dipinti antichi, Galleria de' Fusari; Fusari, Dipinti Antichi | Galleria de' (20 November 2017). "Paesaggisti bolognesi, 1900–1950". Dipinti Antichi | Galleria de` Fusari. Retrieved 29 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Patrimonio culturale dell'Emilia-Romagna". bbcc.ibc.regione.emilia-romagna.it (in Italian). Retrieved 29 September 2020.