Until 7th January 2007, the Civic Museum of Bologna is taking in a fine exhibition about the Annibale Carracci’s pictorial genius (Bologna, 1560 – Rome, 1609).

This artist was curious to know world and nature. He expressed his creativity by works, that were surprising for their technique and subject: holy paintings, landscapes, portraits of plebeians and a lot of drawings from life.

He was celebrated, in his times, as a “revived Raphael” for the force and the beauty of his masterpieces, becoming a point of reference for other artists, while his works began to belong to European collections.

This exhibition collects about 80 works (paintings and engravings) and as many drawings, organized into a way, which enables to understand better the social and cultural problems of that time.

So this exhibition is an opportunity to know an Italian artist, who followed the passion of his life, with genius and constancy, giving a new view of art and human creativity.

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