“The historical importance of the Carracci is extraordinary; the history of the whole of modern ‘church art’ begins with them.”

— Arnold Hauser

Source: The Social History of Art', Volume II. Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque, 1999, Chapter 9. The Baroque of the Catholic Courts

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