Fra Angelico: San Marco, FlorenceThe cloister of San Marco was the home of on e of the greatest Renaissance painters, Fra Angelico. Betwee n 1440 and 1452, he and his assistants covered the entire co mplex with over 50 frescoes, designed within the traditions of the Dominican order. ' |
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 7 |
The Foundation of San Marco in Florence | 14 |
Fra Angelicos Early Works | 22 |
Copyright | |
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Fra Angelico: The San Marco Frescoes Paolo Morachiello,Angelico (fra),Museo di San Marco No preview available - 1996 |
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aesthetic altarpiece Angelico assistant Angelico painted Angelico showed Annunciation Apostles arriccio artist Benedetto Benozzo Gozzoli buon fresco Camaldolese Cell 22 Cell 35 cell frescoes Chapel chapter room Christ Child church clerics cloister cloister FIGURE color Cosimo's Crucifix Crucifixion Crucifixion detail detail of Saint Domenico in Fiesole Dominican friar Dominican Observance Dominican order east corridor entrance Eustachio fifteenth century Florence Florentine fresco in Cell friars at San Furthermore giornate Guido di Piero INRI institutional poverty intonaco kneeling lay brothers layer Lorenzo Monaco Madonna Medici Mocking of Christ monks mural paintings Museo di San Noli Me Tangere north corridor novice master Observant Dominicans Order of Preachers painter panel painting pigment plaster PLATE prayer prior refectory religious Renaissance Saint Dominic's Saint John Saint Mark Saint Peter Martyr San Domenico San Marco Santa Maria scene Shadows showing Saint Dominic sinopia tempera Transfiguration Vasari Virgin and Child Virgin Mary wall