Ludovico Carracci

Ludovico Carracci
Born	21 April 1555 (1555-04-21) Bologna, Italy
Died	13 November 1619(1619-11-13) (aged 64) Bologna
Education	Prospero Fontana
Known for	Painting
Movement	Baroque

Ludovico (or Lodovico) Carracci (21 April 1555 – 13 November 1619) was an Italian, early-Baroque painter, etcher, and printmaker born in Bologna. His works are characterized by a strong mood invoked by broad gestures and flickering light that create spiritual emotion and are credited with reinvigorating Italian art, especially fresco art, which was subsumed with formalistic Mannerism. He died in Bologna in 1619.