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CORREGGIO: Assumption of the Virgin

CORREGGIO
🖼 Assumption of the Virgin, 1526-30
Fresco
1093 × 1195 cm
Parma, Italy

Soft, luminous figures spiral upward through golden light, their bodies dissolving into clouds in masterful foreshortening. Correggio's illusionistic dome transforms the cathedral vault into heaven itself, pioneering the Baroque's dramatic spatial manipulation and emotional transcendence.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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