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Luca Signorelli (c. 1441/1445 – 16 October 1523) was an Italian Renaissance painter from Cortona, in Tuscany, who was noted in particular for his ability as a draftsman and his use of foreshortening.
Apr 8, 2024 · Luca Signorelli (born 1445/50, Cortona, Republic of Florence—died Oct. 16, 1523, Cortona) was a Renaissance painter, best known for his nudes and for his novel compositional devices. It is likely that Signorelli was a pupil of Piero della Francesca in the 1460s.
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The Renaissance painter Luca Signorelli is most revered for his rendering of figures in action and his unparalleled mastery of the human anatomy.
- Italian
- Cortona, Tuscany
Learn about Luca Signorelli, a Tuscan artist who painted frescoes of the Last Judgment in Orvieto Cathedral and worked with Piero della Francesca and Lazzaro Vasari. Explore his biography, style, influences and 92 artworks on Wikiart.org.
- Italian
- Cortona, Italy
May 8, 2021 · The frescoes that Luca Signorelli (Cortona, 1445/1450 - 1523) painted in Orvieto Cathedral, inside the Nova Chapel (or Chapel of San Brizio) are one of the pinnacles of Renaissance art: powerful work that still leaves open questions about its meaning.
Humans being tortured by demons in the foreground (detail), Luca Signorelli, The Damned Cast into Hell, 1499-1504, fresco, 23' wide (San Brizio chapel, Orvieto Cathedral, Orvieto, Italy) One of the most striking aspects of Signorelli’s fresco is his representation of the nude figure.
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Learn about Luca Signorelli, a Renaissance painter from Cortona who studied with Piero della Francesca. Explore his frescoes in Orvieto and his paintings in the National Gallery collection.
