(b. 1560, Bologna, d. 1609, Roma)

Homage to Diana 1597-1602 Fresco Palazzo Farnese, Rome

Annibale Carracci transformed the reception room into a shining collection of classical pictures. In fact, the decoration was not intended to be a single scene, but imitated a collection of framed paintings surrounding the main scene. This was the Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne which fills the centre of the ceiling. The individual pictures are painted with a smiling, serene sense of classical antiquity revisited and reinterpreted through the art of Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian and Correggio.

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Author: CARRACCI, Annibale Title: Homage to Diana Time-line: 1551-1600 School: Italian Form: painting