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Later, exposure to Raphael's paintings encouraged Garofalo to adopt a more classical style. The most original talent in Ferrara was the court painter Dosso Dossi. His striking interpretations of traditional religious subjects reveal his poetic feeling for effects of light in landscape.
There was much interaction between Ferrara and Bologna. Although Bologna was a papal possession, the local Bentivoglio family dominated its political and artistic life. The Ferrara-born Lorenzo Costa was the favored painter of the would-be ruler Giovanni Bentivoglio, who imitated his Este ducal neighbors by employing Ferrarese artists. The Bolognese Francesco Francia, a painter and goldsmith, was famed for the pious sweetness and calm balance of his religious paintings. |
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