Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri): A Bolognese Baroque Visionary Domenico Zampieri, known as Domenichino from 1614, was born in Bologna around 1581—a city already brimming with artistic fervor—and stands as a cornerstone of Bolognese Baroque art. This movement, characterized by dramatic contrasts of light and shadow, opulent ornamentation, and an idealized depiction of human emotion, found its most eloquent expression in Domenichino’s o…