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Correggio's depiction of the Virgin's Assumption into heaven is viewed as one of the most influential fresco cycles of the Renaissance. Even so, the elements that make the work so powerful have been decried by critics for their illegibility. This book counters such criticism by taking into account the viewer's in situ experience of the frescoes.

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Smyth offers a fresh and valuable approach to Correggio's fresco cycle of the Assumption of the Virgin in the Duomo at Parma, which despite its fame and important place in the development of Renaissance illusionistic decoration has long been misunderstood. In her well-written, profusely illustrated, and rigorously documented study ... Smyth undertakes a careful examination of both the style and content of the frescoes. Sixteenth Century Journal

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Carolyn Smyth is an independent scholar specializing in northern Italian religious art of the Renaissance and resides in Italy. Having received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, she has taught at the University of California, San Diego, the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania State University.

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