Guido di Piero, known as : Fra Angelico, ca. 1395-1455
Bartz, Gabriele
Guido di Piero, known as : Fra Angelico, ca. 1395-1455 / Gabriele Bartz - Germany : Neue Stalling , 1998 - 119 p. : illus. ; 32 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Fra Angelico (the angelic friar; ca. 1390/951455) was one of Renaissance Florences leading painters. In addition to his celebrated altarpieces and frescos in Florence, Fiesole, Cortona, Perugia, and Rome, Fra Angelico also completed many masterpieces on a small scale. His predella panels, the small narrative scenes included beneath large altarpieces, are among the most innovative creations in fifteenthcentury Florence, while his images of the Virgin and Child still retain the inspirational immediacy and presence that first secured the artists reputation as the premier painter of his age. Research undertaken in the last fifty years now allows scholars to reconstruct a more historically reliable biography of Fra Angelico that goes beyond the legends and traditions to establish his position not only as one of the greatest masters of the fifteenth century, but also as one of the most intellectually accomplished painters who ever lived.
English
9780300111408
Angelico, fra approximately 1400-1455 ---Exhibitions
REF 759.5 ANG
Guido di Piero, known as : Fra Angelico, ca. 1395-1455 / Gabriele Bartz - Germany : Neue Stalling , 1998 - 119 p. : illus. ; 32 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Fra Angelico (the angelic friar; ca. 1390/951455) was one of Renaissance Florences leading painters. In addition to his celebrated altarpieces and frescos in Florence, Fiesole, Cortona, Perugia, and Rome, Fra Angelico also completed many masterpieces on a small scale. His predella panels, the small narrative scenes included beneath large altarpieces, are among the most innovative creations in fifteenthcentury Florence, while his images of the Virgin and Child still retain the inspirational immediacy and presence that first secured the artists reputation as the premier painter of his age. Research undertaken in the last fifty years now allows scholars to reconstruct a more historically reliable biography of Fra Angelico that goes beyond the legends and traditions to establish his position not only as one of the greatest masters of the fifteenth century, but also as one of the most intellectually accomplished painters who ever lived.
English
9780300111408
Angelico, fra approximately 1400-1455 ---Exhibitions
REF 759.5 ANG
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