Tip: move over the painting to use the lens.
Jupiter and Io
Antonio da Correggio · 1530
- Artist
- Antonio da Correggio
- Date
- 1530
- Where to see it
- Kunsthistorisches Museum
Kunsthistorisches Museum · Public domain · image via Wikimedia Commons · see it at the museum ↗
Slow Look
- The whole picture Let your eyes wander. Where do they want to rest?
- The light Find the brightest spot. What is it showing you?
- The edges Look at what is half cut off at the borders.
- One small detail Choose one tiny thing and stay with it for a while.
- The whole picture again Step back. Has it changed for you?
About Antonio da Correggio
Antonio Allegri da Correggio, usually known as just Correggio, was an Italian Renaissance painter who was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Renaissance, and was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sensuous works of the sixteenth century. In his use of dynamic composition, illusionistic perspective and dramatic foreshortening, Correggio prefigured the Baroque art of the seventeenth century and the Rococo art of the eighteenth century. He is considered a master of chiaroscuro.
What do you see?
Stand in front of it for a moment. Then tell us what you noticed or felt - there are no wrong answers.
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