Carracci - La rivoluzione silenziosa

Rebellious yet disciplined; traditional yet irreverent: the Carracci revolutionized painting and changed the course of art history. This film departs from the usual model both in subject and style: rather than asking viewers to absorb the art historical consensus on Italian painting, it invites them to discover something new; and it is full of unexpected treasures to entice the eye and provoke the mind. Marco Riccòmini, an art advisor of international fame, shares his knowledge in a search for the key to understanding and appreciating the lives, the works - and the magic - of the brothers Agostino and Annibale Carracci, and their cousin Ludovico Carracci, who were working together at the end of sixteenth century. Here for the first time the legend of the Carracci - well known to art historians but less familiar to the general public - is told on the screen.