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. 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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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Highly readable translationBy JoycocelloExcellent translation of Oedipus plays!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy MonstyChristmas gift3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. The Absolute BestBy David K.I have read 4 different translations of the Theban plays and the Fagles translation is by far the best available. It reads flowingly. It has extensive notation. It has a fantastic introduction to Greek theatre and the evolution of the plays. The University of Chicagos Grene Lattimore series is often cited as "the standard". But that series has only very cursory introductions and not to each play...there are no notes whatsoever and no glossary.Fagles also translated the very best Homer of all time; IMO. His The Odyssey and The Iliad are excellent reading with wonderful introductions by Bernard Knox. I believe it is a truism that any work by Fagles will be top drawer.
