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Biography of Agostino Carracci - Painter
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Agostino Carracci (or Caracci) (August 16, 1557, in Bologna - March 22, 1602, in Parma) was an Italy|Italian painter and graphical artist. He posited the ideal in nature, and was the founder of the competing school to the more gritty (for lack of a better term) view of nature as expressed by Michelangelo Merisi|Caravaggio. See also Annibale Carracci, Lodovico Carracci ==External link== *http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03374c.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Carracci artist-stub
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