TheBolognese school ofpainting, also known as theschool of Bologna, flourished between the 16th and 17th centuries inBologna, which rivalledFlorence andRome as the center of painting in Italy. Its most important representatives include theCarracci family, includingLudovico Carracci and his two cousins, the brothersAgostino andAnnibale Carracci. Later, it included otherBaroque painters:Domenichino andLanfranco, active mostly inRome, eventuallyGuercino andGuido Reni, andAccademia degli Incamminati in Bologna, which was run byLodovico Carracci.[1] Certain artistic conventions, which over time became traditionalist, had been developed in Rome during the first decades of the 16th century. As time passed, some artists sought new approaches to their work that no longer reflected only the Roman manner. The Carracci studio sought innovation or invention, seeking new ways to break away from traditional modes of painting while continuing to look for inspiration from their literary contemporaries; the studio formulated a style that was distinguished from the recognized manners of art in their time. This style was seen as both systematic and imitative, borrowing particular motifs from the past Roman schools of art and innovating a modernistic approach.
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