Agostino Carracci

>Agostino Carracci 2005-05-14T22:13:51Z Ellywa robot Adding:nl [[Image:Carracci Agostino Faun.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''Head of a Faun'' (c.1595) 181 x 187 mm <br />Pen and brown ink on laid paper <br /> National Gallery of Art, Washington]] '''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}} [[Category:1557 births|Carracci, Agostino]] [[Category:1602 deaths|Carracci, Agostino]] [[Category:Italian painters|Carracci, Agostino]] [[nl:Agostino Carracci]] [[pl:Agostino Carracci]]