Fra Giovanni da Fiesole

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Fra Giovanni da Fiesole, better known as Fra Angelico, was a 15th-century Italian Dominican friar and early Renaissance painter renowned for his devoutly spiritual frescoes and altarpieces.

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Fra Giovanni da Fiesole canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dominican friar
Italian person
Renaissance artist
human
painter
activeYears early 15th century
mid 15th century
alsoKnownAs Beato Angelico
linked to: Fra Angelico

Fra Angelico
Guido di Pietro
beatifiedBy Pope John Paul II
burialPlace Santa Maria sopra Minerva
canonizationStatus beatified
countryOfCitizenship Italy
Republic of Florence
dateOfBeatification 1982
dateOfBirth c. 1395
dateOfDeath 1455-02-18
fieldOfWork altarpiece painting
fresco painting
religious art
genre Christian art
devotional painting
influenced High Renaissance painters
influencedBy International Gothic
movement Early Renaissance
Italian Renaissance
notableWork Annunciation (San Marco, Florence)
Coronation of the Virgin (Uffizi)
Linen Weavers’ Guild Altarpiece
Nicholas V Chapel frescoes
San Marco Altarpiece
The Last Judgment (Florence)
occupation friar
painter
placeOfBirth Mugello
Tuscany
Vicchio
placeOfDeath Papal States
Rome
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Dominican Order
linked to: Dominican friars

Order of Preachers
style emphasis on spiritual expression
use of luminous color
workLocation Cortona
Fiesole
Florence
Rome

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Fra Angelico alsoKnownAs Fra Giovanni da Fiesole
Guido di Pietro alsoKnownAs Fra Giovanni da Fiesole