Place: Carpi
Born: 1470
Death: 1523
Biography:
Ugo da Carpi (c. 1480 – c. 1532) was an Italian printmaker active between 1509 and 1532 in the cities of Venice, Rome and Bologna. He is renowned for his stylistic contributions to the chiaroscuro woodcut, a printmaking technique using blocks of different colours. Ugo claimed to be the first to use this technique, seeking a copyright first from the...
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