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Fra Angelico, OP (born Guido di Pietro; c. 1395 [1] – 18 February 1455) was a Dominican friar and Italian Renaissance painter of the Early Renaissance, described by Giorgio Vasari in his Lives of the Artists as having "a rare and perfect talent". [2] He earned his reputation primarily for the series of frescoes he made for his own friary, San ...
Fra Angelico (born Guido di Pietro; c. 1395 – February 18, 1455) was an Early Italian Renaissance painter described by Vasari in his Lives of the Artists as having "a rare and perfect talent". He was known to contemporaries as Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (Brother John of Fiesole) and Fra Giovanni Angelico (Angelic Brother John).
Fra Angelico (born c. 1400, Vicchio, republic of Florence [Italy]—died February 18, 1455, Rome) was an Italian painter, one of the greatest 15th-century painters, whose works within the framework of the early Renaissance style embody a serene religious attitude and reflect a strong Classical influence. A great number of works executed during ...
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Learn about Fra Angelico, the "Angelic Painter" who revolutionized Italian painting in the Early Renaissance. Explore his frescoes and altarpieces that depict religious scenes with humanism, piety, and illusionism.
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Learn about the life and work of Fra Angelico, a Dominican friar and painter who pioneered many of the stylistic trends of the early Renaissance. Explore his altarpieces, frescoes, and panels in the Met collection and beyond.
In commemoration of the five hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the death of Fra Angelico (about 1395–1455), one of the foremost artists of the Italian Renaissance, The Metropolitan Museum of Art set out to reexamine his career and to establish a more historically accurate profile of the innovative, extraordinarily gifted "angelic friar," in order to dispel the myths and legends that have eclipsed the details of his life. New documentary research and standards for attributions, developed ...
Fra Angelico, orig. Guido di Pietro also known as Beato (“Blessed”) Angelico , (born c. 1400, Vicchio, Florence [Italy]—died Feb. 18, 1455, Rome), Italian painter and Dominican friar active in Florence. He entered the monastery of San Domenico at Fiesole sometime between 1420 and 1422 and began his artistic career by painting illuminated manuscripts and altarpieces.
