(H/B) FRA ANGELICO

Παρουσίαση

This accessible yet authoritative volume examines the life and work of possibly the most celebrated religious painter of the Italian Early Renaissance, Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (c. 1390/95-1455), known as Fra Angelico. From the delicate altarpieces of his early career to the serene frescos in the monastery of San Marco in Florence and the many magnificent works he executed for the Popes in the Vatican, Fra Angelico's paintings are here discussed in the context of the time and places in which they were created, and are beautifully reproduced in their true, glorious colours. (From the publisher)

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Introduction
The Angelic Friar
- Magnificence and Splendour, Poverty and War
The Florence of Fra Angelico
- Friar John of the Friars of San Domenico
Paintings from the 1420s
- With all his Art and Expertise
Angelico in the early 1430s
- Angelico the 'Master Painter'
Dominican Connections in Fiesole, Cortona and Florence
- A Man of Absolute Modesty Devoted to Religious Life
Angelico at San Marco
- Famous Beyond all Other Italian Painters
Angelico in Rome and Orvieto
- The Servant of God
The Final Works
- Afterlife
The Legacy of Fra Angelico
Appendix
Biographies
Chronology
Glossary
Map
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements