Carracci

American  

[kuh-rah-chee, kahr-raht-chee] / kəˈrɑ tʃi, kɑrˈrɑt tʃi /

noun

1. Agostino 1557–1602, and his brother, Annibale 1560–1609, Italian painters.

2. their cousin Ludovico 1555–1619, Italian painter.

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Carracci British  

/ karˈrattʃi, kəˈrɑːtʃɪ /

noun

1. 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

A native of Bologna, Carracci was renowned in his early career for such unidealized, close-up scenes of everyday life, and his first paintings speak to the moment, and market, that Caravaggio would cultivate.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Images of such subjects barely existed before Annibale Carracci, who painted “Boy Drinking” around 1582-1583.

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