ARTIST OF THE WEEK: 51. Parmigianino, ACJ Art Academy

Born: January 11, 1503; Parma, Italy
Died: August 24, 1540; Casalmaggiore, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Art Movement: Mannerism (Late Renaissance)
Field: painting, printmaking, etching, fresco

Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker, who was born on January 11, 1503 and died on August 24, 1540.

More commonly known as Parmigianino, he was active in Florence, Rome, Bologna, and in his native city of Parma. His works are characterized by refined sensuality and elongation of forms, and his entire careers belong to the Mannerist period.

He was always recognized for his outstanding talent, but his career was disrupted by war, especially the Sack of Rome in 1527, three years after he moved there, and then ended by premature death at the young age of 37.

He created outstanding paintings and was one of the first Italian painters to experiment with printmaking himself. His works are now held by major museums in Italy and around the world, and his two large frescoes are in a church in Parma and a palace in a small town nearby.

He painted a number of important portraits, leading the trend of Italian portraits towards the three-quarters or full-length figure, previously mostly reserved for royalty.

Parmigianino was also an early Italian etcher, a technique pioneered in Italy by Marcantonio Raimondi and attracted the interest of artists. Although the printing on the copper plates required special skills, the ease of reproducing paintings using acid instead of ink fascinated Parmigianino.

He also designed chiaroscuro woodcuts and had a significant influence on Italian printmaking.

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