Genoese School (painting)

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For the cultural movement, see Genoese School.
Raffigurante la costruzione di Strada Nuova, palazzo Lercari-Parodi
Galleria degli Uffizi

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van Dyck). The best painter was Bernardo Strozzi, called il Cappuccino, of great importance also for Venice. Giovanni Castiglione, called Il Grecchetto, took up a genre already made famous by Sinibaldo Scorza with paintings of animals and still lifes under Flemish and Venetian influence. Domenico Fiasella and Gioacchino Assereto joined the Caravaggesque followers, while Valerio Castello was more eclectic
. The decorators Domenico Piola and Gregorio de Ferrari worked in the churches and palaces of Genoa.

In the first half of the 18th century Alessandro Magnasco dominated painting with his strange personality, his nervous technique and his exaggerated chiaroscuro; his expressionistic distortions created a fantastic world reminiscent of Salvator Rosa, Marco Ricci, and Francesco Guardi.

List of artists

16th century

17th century

Bibliography

  • Гос. Эрмитаж. Каталог 1, «Западноевроейская живопись», Ленинград, «Аврора», 1976 (in Russian)
  • Freedberg, Sydney J. (1993). Pelican History of Art (ed.). Painting in Italy, 1500-1600. Penguin Books Ltd.
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