Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (also known as Parmigianino ("the little one from Parma") was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker active in Florence; Rome; Bologna; and his native city of Parma. His work is characterized by elongation of form and includes Vision of Saint Jerome (1527) and the Madonna with the Long Neck (1534). Parmigianino was also an early Italian etcher; a technique that was pioneered in Italy by Marcantonio Raimondi; but which appealed to draughtsmen: though the techniques of printing the copper plates require special skills; the ease with which acid; when substituted for ink; can reproduce the spontaneity of an artists hand attracted Parmigianino; a master of elegant figure drawing. Parmigianino also designed chiaroscuro woodcuts; and although his output was small he had a considerable influence on Italian printmaking. Some of his prints were done in collaboration with Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio.
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3 of 12 people found the following review helpful. Old ideas but worthy insightsBy Mark TwainI must admit I havent read this book; but I recently attended a presentation by Bryan Lawson where he presented these ideas in some detail. He is a good; entertaining speaker and has shown very good writing skills in previous books.The topic; however; is mostly well-known stuff by designers and architects; who have been interested in how the built environment shapes our behaviour for millenia; literally. The classic studies by Jacobs ("Death and Life of Great American Cities") is a more recent (1960s) example of this concern.In all (topic + author); Id recommend this book to readers who are interested in design and architecture topics and are not fully familiar with Jacobs and all the subsequent work in envirmomental behaviour. This is a good place to do some catching-up.It is also very much recommended to non-design people trying to understand that design is much more than styling or superficial appearance.
