Antonio Allegri da Correggio (1489 ndash; 1534); usually known as Correggio; was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the Italian Renaissance; who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sensuous works of the 16th century. He was remembered by his contemporaries as a shadowy; melancholic and introverted character. An enigmatic and eclectic artist; he appears to have emerged from no major apprenticeship. In addition to the influence of Costa; there are echoes of Mantegnas style in his work; and a response to Leonardo da Vinci; as well. Correggio had little immediate influence in terms of apprenticed successors; but his works are now considered to have been revolutionary and influential on subsequent artists. A half-century after his death Correggios work was well known to Vasari; who felt that he had not had enough "Roman" exposure to make him a better painter. In the 18th and 19th centuries; his works were often noted in the diaries of foreign visitors to Italy; which led to a reevaluation of his art during the period of Romanticism.
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