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| 1480 births | |
| lotto, lorenzo | |
| 1556 deaths | |
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Lorenzo Lotto (c. 1480 - 1556 ) was an Italian Painter active during the Renaissance . His nervous and eccentric posings and distortions often mark him as the Northern Italian-Venetian counterpart of Mannerist style. Lotto worked mostly in Bergamo and Treviso , but also spent some time in The Marches ( Recanati and Loreto ), and Venice and Rome proper. He is often considered a member of the Venetian school of Painting. His style changing, perhaps evolving, from a detached Giorgionesque classicism, to a more vibrant dramatic setpiece, more reminiscent of this North Italian contemporary, Antonio Da Correggio . The dystonic distortions are also common among other contemporary provincial artists, such as Dosso Dossi , but are also found among contemporaries working mainly in Venice proper. Among three masterpieces that could be used to illustrate this progreession of styles are the following:
LIFE Born in Venice , he worked in Venice, Rome , Bergamo and possibly Tuscany . He trained in the studio of Giovanni Bellini , along with Giorgione and Titian . In 1552 he entered the Holy Sanctuary at Loreto , becoming a Lay Brother . WORKS Lotto's work is characterized by a mixture of Venetian and northern European styles. He is most noted for his Portrait s. His work includes:
MISCELLANEOUS In his '' Lives '', Giorgio Vasari included a biography of Lorenzo Lotto. REFERENCES Lorenzo Lotto: rediscovered master of the Renaissance {Link without Title} |
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