Fra Angelico

Also known as Guido di Pietro, Fra Giovanni da Fiesole, Fra Giovanni Angelico, Beato Angelico, Giovanni da Fiesole, Fra Beato Angelico, Guido di Piero da Mugello, Fra Giovanni Angelico da Fiesole

Italian Early Renaissance painter

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Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, was a male painter, illuminator, and architectural draftsperson associated with the Italian and Early Renaissance movements. A member of the Dominican Order and the Catholic Church, he was canonized as blessed. His birth is recorded with varying dates, including 1387, 1390, 1395, and 1400, in Vicchio. He died on February 18, 1455, in Florence or Rome, and is buried at Santa Maria sopra Minerva.

Notable works by Fra Angelico include the Cortona Triptych, Niccoline Chapel, Fiesole Altarpiece, and San Marco Altarpiece. He was a student of Zanobi Strozzi and Benozzo Gozzoli. His field of work included being a painter and varnisher.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 6

Top works

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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Italy
Active from: 1395
Active to: 1455

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 11
Total plays: 120

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Works in European collections

20 objects attributed to Fra Angelico, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

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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Fra Angelico