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Guido di Piero, known as : Fra Angelico, ca. 1395-1455 / Gabriele Bartz

By:

Bartz, Gabriele

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Germany : Neue Stalling , 1998Description: 119 p. : illus. ; 32 cmISBN:

9780300111408

Uniform titles:

Toller Cranston Collection

Subject(s):

Angelico, fra approximately 1400-1455 -- -Exhibitions

DDC classification:

REF 759.5 ANG

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	Consulta / Referencia	REF 759.5 ANG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		010081

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.

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