CARPI, Ugo da. - Painter and woodcutter, b. at Carpi (Modena) ca. 1480 and d. at Parma in 1532. As a painter he was judged mediocre already by Vasari and by Michelangelo (he himself boasted of painting with his fingers: and a picture in the Petriano museum in Rome with Sts. Peter, Paul and Veronica indeed bears the inscription « per Ugo Carpi inatiatore, fata senza penelo »). But Vasari, on the other hand, already proclaims him « inventor of woodcuts in three blocks » which made possible the chiaroscuro reproduction of the works of the great artists.
Leaving aside the question of priority, contested and claimed by the Germans, Ugo da C. achieved in woodcut practice effects never before attained. For his compositions the artist made use especially of the work of Raphael and that of Parmigianino.
Bibliography3 worksL. Servolini, U. da C., in Rivista d'arte, 11 (1929), pp. 173-94 and 297-319; M. Pittaluga, L'Incittione italiana del Cinquecento, Milano 19
BIBL.: L. Servolini, U. da C., in Rivista d'arte, 11 (1929), pp. 173-94 and 297-319; M. Pittaluga, L'Incittione italiana del Cinquecento, Milano 1930, pp. 229-40, 326 and passim; W. Suida, Tizian, die beiden Campagnola und U. d. C., in La critica d'arte, 11 (1935-36), pp. 285-88.
Ronci, Gilberto. “Carpi, ugo da.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, coll. 928–929. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/carpi-ugo-da.
MLA
Ronci, Gilberto. “Carpi, ugo da.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 928–929. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/carpi-ugo-da.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec3_carpi_ugo_da,
author = {Ronci, Gilberto},
title = {Carpi, ugo da},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {III},
pages = {928--929},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/carpi-ugo-da}
}
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