Fra Angelico: 60 Early Renaissance Paintings
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Fra Angelico: 60 Early Renaissance Paintings Details
FRA ANGELICO Art Book contains 60 professionally color corrected reproductions of Renaissance frescoes, altarpieces, and religious paintings with title,date and interesting facts page below. Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).Born: 1395 in Rupecanina, Italy.Died: February 18, 1455 in Rome Italy.Movement: Early Renaissance.Interesting Facts:§ Fra Angelico was born Guido di Pietro. He changed his name when he became a Dominican friar in 1423.§ He painted the altarpieces and frescoes at the friaries and monasteries he lived and worked at.§ Angelico was commissioned by Pope Eugenius IV to paint the frescoes of the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament at St Peter’s.§ According to Vasari, a historian, he was offered the position of Archbishopric of Florence, which he declined.§ Fra Angelico was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1984.Notable Works:Annunciation, Coronation of the Virgin, Last Judgment, The Transfiguration, Noli me Tangere.
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