The Forlivese school of art was a group of

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s and other artists. Most were born in

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or near it in the

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region of Italy. Some other artists went to Forlì to study. As a

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movement, it lasted from the 14th through the 16th centuries.

Artists

Forlivese artists include: *

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* Ansuino da Forlì * Antonio Belloni * Baldassarre Carrari il Giovane * Baldassarre Carrari il Vecchio * Antonio Fanzaresi * Giuseppe Maria Galleppini * Guglielmo da Forlì *

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* Livio Modigliani * Giovanni Antonio Nessoli * Francesco Menzocchi * Guglielmo degli Organi *

Marco Palmezzano Marco Palmezzano (1460–1539) was an Italian painter and architect, belonging to the Forlì painting school, who painted in a style recalling earlier Northern Renaissance models. He was mostly active near Forlì. Biography Palmezzano was ...

* Filippo Pasquali

References

* Luigi Lanzi, ''Storia pittorica della Italia. Dal Risorgimento delle belle arti fin presso al fine del XVIII secolo'', Piatti, Firenze 1834. Giorgio Viroli, ricordando che il testo era stato scritto nel 1789, di questo autore sottolinea "la ricchezza di cognizioni che egli offre sulla scuola artistica forlivese" (in G. Viroli, ''Per un modello di cultura figurativa. Forlì, città e museo'', Istituto per i beni artistici culturali naturali della Regione Emilia-Romagna - Comune di Forlì, 1980 (?), p. 26.) *

Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle (22 January 1819 – 31 October 1897) was an Italian writer and art critic, best known as part of "Crowe and Cavalcaselle", for the many works in English on art history he co-authored with Joseph Archer Crowe. ...

- J.A.Crowe, ''Storia della Pittura Italiana in Italia dal secolo II al secolo XVI'', successors of Le Monnier, Firenze, 1875–1909, 11 volumi. *E. Casadei, ''Forlì e dintorni'', Società Tipografica Forlivese, Forlì 1928. *''Mostra di Melozzo e del Quattrocento romagnolo'', a cura di C. Gnudi e L. Becherucci, Forlì, 1938 (rist. anastatica, Forlì, 1994). *AA.VV., ''Marco Palmezzano. Il Rinascimento nelle Romagne'', catalogo della mostra, Cinisello Balsamo - Forlì, 2005. F Painters of Emilia-Romagna Forlì Italian art Italian Renaissance Culture in Emilia-Romagna History of Emilia-Romagna . {{italy-art-stub