Giovanni Lanfranco (Lanfranco Giovanni)

(1582-1647)
Born in Parma in 1582, was a pupil of Agostino Carracci Bologna Master. In 1602 he left for Rome with his brother Agostino, Annibale Carracci, who was assisted in the decoration of the Palazzo Farnese. In 1610-1612 Lanfranco again traveled to Parma, here he was impressed dome songs performed by Correggio. In Rome he was decorated with frescoes of the Palazzo Mattei, Kostaguti and Borghese (1624-1625), in these paintings, he portrayed the carefree fun of the gods and nymphs in the architectural frame, with the eaves, supported by caryatids. One of the most famous works of Lanfranco - illyuzionisticheskaya painting the dome of the church of Sant Andrea della Valle (1625-1628), performed in a spirit of Correggio. It presents a vision of heavenly forces and angels, hovering around the risen Christ. This composition, full of light and air, moving shadows and the rapid movement of figures, heralded the triumph of the mature Baroque Rome
. Between 1633 and 1645 Lanfranco decorated with frescoes, . written in the style illyuzionisticheskom, . some Neapolitan churches: he painted the dome of the Church of Gesц№ Nuovo, . nave and the choir of the church of San Martino and the dome of the Chapel of San Gennaro in the Cathedral, . where the repeated painting of Sant 'Andrea della Valle,
. From paintings Lanfranco should be noted Ecstasy of St.. Margaret Kortonskoy (1622, Florence, Palazzo Pitti)

. A new interpretation of light, atmospheric effects and motion from Lanfranco replaced the precise form and strictly limited spatial patterns of earlier monumental compositions, in which his close romantic art paintings Guercino
. Lanfranco died in Rome on November 29, 1647.