Carracci

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

noun

1. A·go·sti·no [ah-gaw-, stee, -naw], 1557–1602, and his brother, An·ni·ba·le [ahn-, nee, -bah-le], 1560–1609, Italian painters.
2. their cousin Lu·do·vi·co [loo-daw-, vee, -kaw], 1555–1619, Italian painter.

Carracci

/ karˈrattʃi; kəˈrɑːtʃɪ /

noun

1. CarracciAgostino15571602M CarracciAnnibale15601609M CarracciLudovico15551619M 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

Example Sentences

In Italy, the three Carracci brothers and Caravaggio, who never saw a dirty foot or head of tousled hair he couldn’t lovingly consecrate through dramatizing strokes of paint, nourished a tradition of so-called low-life painting that lasted into the 18th century.

From Los Angeles Times

When we look at “Boy Drinking,” with its unfamiliar view of a boy’s exposed neck and dark nostrils, it’s easy to see how the turn in art brought about by Carracci might have been connected not only to interesting new forms of self-consciousness, but also to a renewed investment in the pleasures of the here-and-now.

From Washington Post

Carracci had an older cousin, Ludovico, and an older brother, Agostino, who were both successful artists.

From Washington Post

Before Carracci, Italian art had been dominated by a style that art historians later came to call “mannerism.”

From Washington Post

Carracci — not unlike the Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder, who died when Carracci was 8 — wanted to return art to reality and to lived experience.

From Washington Post