Francesco Curia
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Francesco Curia was an Italian
painter of the Renaissance
period, active mainly in his hometown of Naples
. He was a pupil of the painter Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo
. Among his pupils were Fabrizio Santafede
and Ippolito Borghese
.
He was one of several artists residing in Naples that were influenced by the style of Giorgio Vasari
.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painter of the Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
period, active mainly in his hometown of Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
. He was a pupil of the painter Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo
Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo
Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo was an Italian painter, active during the late-Renaissance period, mainly in Naples.Born in Gaeta, He trained with Andrea da Salerno and with Perino del Vaga in Rome. His brother Giovanni Angelico and daughter Mariangiola were also painters. He apparently wrote a...
. Among his pupils were Fabrizio Santafede
Fabrizio Santafede
Fabrizio Santafede was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance and early-Baroque periods. He painted in a late-Mannerist style. He was a pupil of his father, the painter Francesco Santafede, and later a pupil of Francesco Curia and Andrea Sabbatini...
and Ippolito Borghese
Ippolito Borghese
Ippolito Borghese was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance, born in Sigillo in the late 16th century....
.
He was one of several artists residing in Naples that were influenced by the style of Giorgio Vasari
Giorgio Vasari
Giorgio Vasari was an Italian painter, writer, historian, and architect, who is famous today for his biographies of Italian artists, considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing.-Biography:...
.