The Genoese Transition Antonio Semini represents a specific, necessary shift in the late Renaissance landscape of Genoa. He did not merely replicate the traditions of his predecessors; he modernized them. Trained under Ludovico Brea, Semini took the established visual language of his mentor and pushed it toward a new sensibility. His work reflects a deliberate move away from the rigidities of the earlier period, favoring a style that l…