Correggio

Assumption of the Virgin — Parma's dome

The painter who dissolved the ceiling. His Assumption of the Virgin in Parma Cathedral — a vortex of ascending figures spiraling into infinite light — invented illusionistic dome painting and pointed the way to the Baroque. His soft sfumato and sensuous grace anticipate the Rococo.

Key works

• Assumption of the Virgin (Parma Cathedral)1526-1530— The dome dissolved into heaven
  Cathedral of Parma
• Jupiter and Io~1531— Erotic mythology — the embrace of a cloud
  Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

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