MELONE, Altobello

Italian painter. The formation of the artist, based on the culture of Ferrara at the end of the fifteenth century, had subsequently drawn some of its characteristics from the Venetian circles in which Giorgione and Dürer prevailed. This milieu had also a remarkable influence on the Ferrarese Mazzolino, whose analogies with Melone have been stressed.

In Cremona, Melone encountered the old Girolamo Romanino. In 1516 he was commissioned to frescoGLOSSARYWall painting technique in which pigments are applied to wet (fresh) plaster (intonaco). The pigments bind with the drying plaster to form a very durable image. Only a small area can be painted in a day, and these areas, drying to a slightly different tint, can in time be seen. Small amounts of retouching and detail work could be carried out on the dry plaster, a technique known as a secco fresco. the CathedralGLOSSARYThe principal church of a province or diocese, where the throne of the bishop is placed. For reasons lost to time and tradition, a cathedral always faces west - toward the setting sun. The altar is placed at the east end. The main body, or nave, of the cathedral is usually divided into one main and two side aisles. These lead up to the north and south transepts, or arms of the cross, the shape in which a cathedral is usually formed. of Cremona, work which continued till 1518. His contract required that his frescoes be more beautiful than his predecessor, Boccaccio Boccaccino. He worked alongside with Giovanni Francesco Bembo.