Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . THE i CHAPTER VIII THE CAMERA DI SAN PAOLO PARMA—ARTISTS WHO FLOURISHED THERE BEFORE CORREGGIO—CORREGGIO AT PARMA—THE CONVENT OF SAN PAOLO AND THE ROOM DECORATED BY CORREGGIO GIOVANNI PIACENZA AND SCIPIONE MONTINO— DIANA THE MARRIAGE OF ST. CATHERINE—THE MADONNA SUCKLING THE CHILD (kNOWN AS THE MADONNADEL LATTe), the MADONNA WITH THE BASKET (MADONNA DELLA CESTa),AND THE VIRGIN ADORING THE INFANT AFTER Bologna, Parma isthe largest of the citieswhich rise along thesplendid highway constructedIjy the Consul Marcu
Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . THE i CHAPTER VIII THE CAMERA DI SAN PAOLO PARMA—ARTISTS WHO FLOURISHED THERE BEFORE CORREGGIO—CORREGGIO AT PARMA—THE CONVENT OF SAN PAOLO AND THE ROOM DECORATED BY CORREGGIO GIOVANNI PIACENZA AND SCIPIONE MONTINO— DIANA THE MARRIAGE OF ST. CATHERINE—THE MADONNA SUCKLING THE CHILD (kNOWN AS THE MADONNADEL LATTe), the MADONNA WITH THE BASKET (MADONNA DELLA CESTa),AND THE VIRGIN ADORING THE INFANT AFTER Bologna, Parma isthe largest of the citieswhich rise along thesplendid highway constructedIjy the Consul Marcus EmiliusLepidus between Rimini andPiacenza. Traversed by this artery,through which the tide of lifehas always flowed strongly, thecity boasts a varied and animatedhistory, bright with many gloriouspages. When the Italian spirit awoke 144 ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO from its trance, and shook off the long oppression of the eleventhcentury, our city was the first to produce an artist, who, thirstingfor new ideals, turned away from the meagre forms of the Byzantinetradition, and strove to render the fairer and more genial conceptionsof renascent art. This Benedetto Antelami, who still awaits hisrightful place in the history of art, was the forerunner of Nicola Pisano,and inaugurated the new era in Italian sculpture.^ It was he who built and decorated the wonderful baptistery atParma, and adorned the facade of the cathedral at Borgo San Donninowith sculptures. Just as Antelami str
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