Fra Angelico
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Renaissance
- Categories: Arts, Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Artists, Artisans, Painting, Painters, Drawing, Priests, Ministers, Clergy, Monks, Nuns, Monasteries, Convents
- Curriculum: Italian History, Renaissance History, Medieval History/Middle Ages
Article abstract: Fra Angelico is best known for adapting the most advanced artistic techniques of his time (perspective and brilliant use of color and line) to extraordinary evocations of purely spiritual subjects.
Early Life
Not much is known about Fra Angelico’s early life. His baptismal name was Guido or Guidolino di Pietro, but he was also named Giovanni da Fiesole. Il Beato Fra Giovanni Angelico is the name he was given after his death, even though he was never actually beatified. He was apparently an extremely devout man who, in or about 1425,...
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