Carracci

[ kuh-rah-chee; Italian kahr-raht-chee ]

/ kəˈrɑ tʃi; Italian kɑrˈrɑt tʃi /

noun

A·go·sti·no

[ah-gaw-stee-naw] /ˌɑ gɔˈsti nɔ/,1557–1602, and his brother, An·ni·ba·le

[ahn-nee-bah-le] /ɑnˈni bɑ lɛ/, 1560–1609, Italian painters.

their cousinLu·do·vi·co

[loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/,1555–1619, Italian painter.

Example sentences from the Web for carracci

We had tea in the long gallery with all Raphael's and Carracci's beautiful gods and cupids over our heads.

Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life |Mary Alsop King Waddington
Painting the martyrdom of St. Andrew, Carracci one day caught him in a violent passion, speaking in a terrible and menacing tone.

Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) |Isaac D'Israeli
Portrait of Titian after Carracci, and lists not only of his paintings, but of the engravings from them.

A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) |Various
The great gallery with the famous Carracci frescoes looked beautiful in the daylight, and we saw them much better.

Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life |Mary Alsop King Waddington

Separate the precept from the practice, the artist from the teacher, and the Carracci are in possession of my submissive homage.

The life and writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume III (of 3) |Henry Fuseli

British Dictionary definitions for carracci

Carracci

/ (kəˈrɑːtʃɪ, Italian karˈrattʃi) /

noun

a family of Italian painters, born in Bologna: Agostino (aɡosˈtiːno) (1557–1602); his brother, Annibale (anˈniːbale) (1560–1609), noted for his frescoes, esp in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome; and their cousin, Ludovico (ludoˈviːko) (1555–1619). They were influential in reviving the classical tradition of the Renaissance and founded a teaching academy (1582) in Bologna

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Example sentences from the Web for carracci

British Dictionary definitions for carracci

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