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This beautiful book, published in conjunction with the first major exhibition of Fra Angelicoand#8217;s work since the cinquecentenary exhibition of 1955 in Florence, will feature more than seventy paintings, drawings, and manuscript illuminations covering all periods of the artistand#8217;s career, from round 1410 to 1455. Also included will be fifty selected works by his assistants and closest followers.Fra Angelico (and#147;the angelic friarand#8221;; ca. 1390/95and#150;1455) was one of Renaissance Florenceand#8217;s leading painters. In addition to his celebrated altarpieces and frescos in Florence, Fiesole, Cortona, Perugia, and Rome, Fra Angelico alsoand#160; completed many masterpieces on a small scale. His predella panels, the small narrative scenes included beneath large altarpieces, are among the most innovative creations in fifteenthcentury Florence, while his images of the Virgin and Child still retain the inspirational immediacy and presence that first secured the artistand#8217;s reputation as the premier painter of his age.Research undertaken in the last fifty years now allows scholars to reconstruct a more historically reliable biography of Fra Angelico that goes beyond the legends and traditions to establish his position not only as one ofand#160;the greatest masters of the fifteenth century, but also as one of the most intellectually accomplished painters who ever lived.
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- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (October 25, 2005 - January 30, 2006)
- Published in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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An up-to-date and comprehensive look at the sublime works of one of Renaissance Italyand#8217;s greatest masters.
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'\'Museum visitors today usually see pre-16th-century Italian painted altarpieces exhibited alone, as single paintings. Yet this beautiful catalogue shows that these works were once part of decorative, integrated schemes, and the original experience for viewers of the paintings was significantly different from our own.
Focusing on Italian altarpieces from the second half of the 13th century to the very end of the 15th, the book investigates the original functions and locations of altarpieces as well as the circumstances of their dislocations, dismantlings, and reconstructions. Regional variations are also analyzed, and the author examines altarpieces\\\' formal and typological development, taking into account the wealth of related scholarship undertaken in the past thirty years. \''
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This beautiful book presents more than seventy paintings, drawings, and manuscript illuminations from all periods in the career of Fra Angelico, one of Renaissance Florenceand#8217;s premier painters. Selected works by his assistants and followers are also included, along with a historically reliable biography of the "angelic friar" whose innovative works retain their inspirational power today.
About the Author
Laurence Kanter is Curator-in-Charge of the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and is Lionel Goldfrank III Curator of Early European Art at the Yale University Art Gallery.
Pia Palladino is Associate Curator of the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Magnolia Scudieri is Director of the Museo di San Marco in Florence.
Carl Strehlke is Curator of the John G. Johnson Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Victor Schmidt is Professor of Fine Arts at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
Anneke de Vries is an independent art historian.