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Egypt's ancient wonders: from Alexandria to Abu Simbel, Cairo to the Colossi of Memnon, the Great Pyramid to the Temples of Philae--ever since the camera was invented, people have taken photographs of the splendours of Egypt: Charlie Furniss presents some of the earliest examples from the archives of the Royal Geographical Society.(Geographical Archive)
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As Anthony Sattin explains in the previous article, visiting Egypt today isn't a simple business. Tourism is a multi-million-dollar industry and everyone wants a piece of the action. It's hard to soak up the majesty of the monuments and appreciate their place in history with tour guides giving authoritative lectures everywhere and hawkers offering rugs or papyruses, or pressing you to take a camel ride.
But 100 years ago, when photographers were visiting Egypt for the first time, it was a different proposition. By 21st-century standards, Cairo was a small city, with ...
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Correggio: Geografia e storia della fortuna (1528-1657).(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly
; Maddalena Spagnolo. Correggio: Geografia e storia della fortuna...Quaderni 8. Milan: Fondazione Il Correggio, 2005. 312 pp. index. illus...Antonio Allegri, better known as Correggio. Methodologically Spagnolo's volume...
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Ascending Anew; In Correggio's Homeland, the Overlooked Old Master Is Reborn and Rising to His Deserved Level of Prominence
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...godfathers of Western art: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian -- and Correggio. Correggio, possibly the greatest artist we've almost forgotten. Correggio: Born Antonio Allegri in about 1489, in the northern Italian hamlet of Correggio...
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The Art of the Ideal; Correggio and Parmigianino, Gloriously Figuring Out Their World
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...the hard way. Let's try the easy way first. Correggio (the nickname for Correggio-born artist Antonio Allegri, c. 1489-1534...off in all their long-acknowledged glory. Correggio comes off as having exactly the sweetness that...
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Italy's forgotten master; Taking a second look at the work of Correggio.(ARTS)
Newspaper article from: Guelph Mercury (Guelph, Ontario)
; ...godfathers of Western art: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian -- and Correggio. Correggio, possibly the greatest artist we've almost forgotten. Correggio: Born Antonio Allegri in about 1489, in the northern Italian hamlet of Correggio...
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Correggio's Frescoes in Parma Cathedral.(Review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly
; ...Giorgio Vasari hailed Antonio Allegri da Correggio as the first Lombard artist to work in...left Lombardy for Rome. Whether or not Correggio actually traveled to Rome, he appears...provincial" artist by definition, Correggio's creative legacy has hardly proven...
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Correggio.(Review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly
; ...Giorgio Vasari hailed Antonio Allegri da Correggio as the first Lombard artist to work in...left Lombardy for Rome. Whether or not Correggio actually traveled to Rome, he appears...provincial" artist by definition, Correggio's creative legacy has hardly proven...
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Correggio's blend of sensuality and innocence
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...International Herald Tribune 07-26-2008 Correggio's blend of sensuality and innocence...Edition: 1 Section: FEATURES ROME -- Correggio had the least documented life of any...the artist is now the subject of "Correggio and the Antique," an unprecedented...
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The age of Correggio and the Carracci. (various painters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Magazine article from: The Nation
; The Age of Correggio and the Carracci Swooning has not been...of the Emilian style of painting--Correggio, say, or Guido Reni. It is perhaps...line into operatic piety. The Age of Correggio and the Carracci:Emilian Painting...
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Borghese Gallery in Rome features Correggio show Weekly Highlights from Globespotters Urban advice from reporters who live there / iht.com/globespotters
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...2008 Borghese Gallery in Rome features Correggio show Weekly Highlights from Globespotters...the early 16th-century Italian artist Correggio (his real name was Antonio Allegri...stunning permanent collection. "The Correggio show stands out for the quality and range...
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The Arts: Portraits through a looking-glass Clever use of light distinguishes the works of two of Italy's Renaissance artists, Correggio and Parmiginiano. The latter carried the process further with an ingenious use of mirrors, images and reflections in his works.
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...The frescos painted in the cathedral by Correggio (d 1534) and his one- time assistant...ambitions,and in their biographies. Correggio stayed at home and painted. He raised...his finished paintings. The sensuality Correggio strove for, apparent in The School of...
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