The Work of Correggio

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Excerpt from The Work of Correggio: Reproduced in One Hundred and Ninety-Six Illustrations, With a Biographical IntroductionAt the age of twenty Correggio completed his first great altar picture destined for the Church of San Francesco in his native town. The subject, of course, was the regular Madonna and Saints, and the artist was, in a measure, compelled to paint after the traditional manner. In spite, however, Of the limitations to which he was bound, the painting shows remarkable departures from the accepted standard for such pictures. The stiffness of the symmetrical com positions is finely softened, while a fine light atmosphere pervades the whole. Correggio took six months over the work and signed his name to it - an evidence of his pride in the composition, since only once again did he distinguish any work from his hand in this manner, when he signed the Madonna of Albinea. Another picture very similar to this in composition is the altar piece for the church of St. Maria della Misericordia in Correggio, which pictures the four saints. The Madonna of Albinea, painted between 1517 and 1519, closes the first period of Correggio's art career. The original cannot be traced, and we have it now in several reproductions. Here Correggio shows the Madonna in the open country, resting on the turf beneath a tall tree. Only the solemn expression on the faces of the two women suggest that the picture might be that Of a sacred subject.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.