The Getty Museum opens Captured Emotions ~ Baroque Painting in Bologna, 1575-1725

Marcantonio Franceschini (Italian, 1648-1729) - Birth of Adonis, about 1685-1690 - Oil on copper, 48.5 X 69 cm.   Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Germany - Photographers: Estel/Klut

Los Angeles, CA – Ludovico Carracci (1555–1619) and his two cousins, the brothers Agostino (1557–1602) and Annibale (1560–1609) Carracci, together brought about a revolution in the study and practice of painting that forever changed the history of art. The repercussions on European painting—a measured classicism and the expression of genuine emotion that characterized Baroque art—lasted for the next 250 years. On view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, December 16, 2008 through May 3, 2009.

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