Fra Angelico
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Fra Angelico was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance period known for his religious artwork. He is considered an important figure in art history for his influential approach to painting during this transformative era in European art.
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- Born
- 1390-00-00
- Died
- 1455-02-18
- Works
- 6
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- The Great Artists Theirlives Works And Inspiration Part 25
- The Coronation of the Virgin
- Work of Fra Angelico Da Fiesole, Reproduced in Three Hundred and Twenty-Seven Illustrations; with a Biographical Introduction
- Fra Angelico (Hyperion miniatures series)
- Fra Angelico
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Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (born Guido di Pietro; c. 1395 – 18 February 1455), known posthumously as Fra Angelico (/ˌfrɑː ænˈdʒɛlɪkoʊ/ FRAH an-JEL-ik-oh, Italian: [ˈfra anˈdʒɛːliko]), was an Italian Dominican friar and painter active during the early Florentine Renaissance.
Angelico created a series of frescoes for the Dominican convent of San Marco in Florence, where he received the patronage of Cosimo de' Medici. His works include the San Marco Altarpiece and the Deposition of Christ, both made for the convent of San Marco. Painting exclusively religious subjects throughout his career, Angelico completed commissions in Rome under the patronage of Popes Eugene IV and Nicholas V. Angelico was a pioneer of the artistic trends that came to distinguish the early Renaissance, namely linear perspective and a greater attention to depth and form than had been practised in the late Medieval period.
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