. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. inthe preparation of which we have been helped by the valuable sugges-tions of many friends. Our thanks are especially due to Dr. GustavoFrizzoni, Professor G. Piancastelli, Director of the Borghese Gallery,Professors Giulio and Giuseppe Ferrari, and N. Campanini of Reggio,Dr. Vittorio Cottafavi, Professors Emilio Meuli and Enrico Cattiniof Correggio, the Abate Luigi Barbieri, Dr. Giovanni Mariotti, SignorPaolo Baratta, Prof. Franc. Brandileone, and Signora Giulia Caputo ofParma, Professor Adolfo Albertazzi of Mantua, Count G
. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. inthe preparation of which we have been helped by the valuable sugges-tions of many friends. Our thanks are especially due to Dr. GustavoFrizzoni, Professor G. Piancastelli, Director of the Borghese Gallery,Professors Giulio and Giuseppe Ferrari, and N. Campanini of Reggio,Dr. Vittorio Cottafavi, Professors Emilio Meuli and Enrico Cattiniof Correggio, the Abate Luigi Barbieri, Dr. Giovanni Mariotti, SignorPaolo Baratta, Prof. Franc. Brandileone, and Signora Giulia Caputo ofParma, Professor Adolfo Albertazzi of Mantua, Count G. B. Gandini,Signor Paolo Maestri and Cavaliere Paolo Fabrizi of Modena, Dr. of Frankfort-on-the-Main, Mr. Sidney Colvin, etc., etc. In our critical estimates we have endeavoured to avoid the pitfalls of fetichism. If the more fanatical worshippers of Correggio find us lacking in enthusiasm, and his detractors blame us for our leniency, we must content ourselves with the knowledge of having sought the golden mean. Corrado Ricci, Parma, October., the annunciation, BY correggio. (From the Engraving.)(Fresco, now in the Parma Gallery.) CONTENTSI CORREGGIO IN HIS NATIVE CITY CHAPTER I THE RENAISSANCE IN THE EMILIA lAGE The Revival of Culture—The Horrors of the Middle Ages—The Bentivogliat Bologna—The Boiardi at Scandiano—The Pico Family at Mirandola—ThePio Family at Carpi—The Gonzaghi at Novellara—The Torelli at Guastallaand at Montechiarugolo—The Pallavicini at Cortemaggiore—The Rossi atParma—Love of Art in Italy i—23 CHAPTER II THE BIRTH OF CORREGGIO The Lords of Correggio—The Allegri Family and their Social Status .... 24—36 CHAPTER III CORREGGIOS MASTERS Artists in Correggio—Francesca of Brandenburgs Palace—Lorenzo Allegri and Francesco Bianchi-Ferrari—The Ferrarese School of Painting 37—52 xii CONTENTS CHAPTER IVCORREGGIO AT MANTUA PACE Influence of Mantegna—Imaginary Journeys to Rome and Milan—Lorenzo Costa, Dosso, and
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