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Fra Angelico Galleries b.c. 1400, Vicchio, Florence d.Feb. 18, 1455, Rome Fra Angelico (c. 1395 ?C February 18, 1455), born Guido di Pietro, was an Early Italian Renaissance painter, referred to in Vasari's Lives of the Artists as having "a rare and perfect talent". Known in Italy as il Beato Angelico, he was known to his contemporaries as Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (Brother John from Fiesole). In Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists, written prior to 1555, he was already known as Fra Giovanni Angelico (Brother Giovanni the Angelic One). Within his lifetime or shortly thereafter he was also called Il Beato (the Blessed), in reference to his skills in painting religious subjects. In 1982 Pope John Paul II conferred beatification, thereby making this title official. Fiesole is sometimes misinterpreted as being part of his formal name, but it was merely the name of the town where he took his vows, used by contemporaries to separate him from other Fra Giovannis. He is listed in the Roman Martyrology as Beatus Ioannes Faesulanus, cognomento Angelicus??"Blessed Giovanni of Fiesole, nicknamed Angelico". Fra Angelico was working at a time when the style of painting was in a state of change. This process of change had begun a hundred years previous with the works of Giotto and several of his contemporaries, notably Giusto de' Menabuoi, both of whom had created their major works in Padua, although Giotto was trained in Florence by the great Gothic artist, Cimabue, and painted a fresco cycle of St Francis in the Bardi Chapel in Santa Croce. Giotto had many enthusiastic followers, who imitated his style in fresco, some of them, notably the Lorenzetti, achieving great success.

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Fra Angelico Christ Glorified in the Court of Heaven oil painting artist


Fra Angelico Christ Glorified in the Court of Heaven oil painting artist

Christ Glorified in the Court of Heaven
Painting ID::  3252
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National Gallery, London

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Fra Angelico Annunciation oil painting artist


Fra Angelico Annunciation oil painting artist

Annunciation
Painting ID::  3253
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1432-43 Museo Diocesano, Cortona

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Fra Angelico Adoration of the Magi oil painting artist


Fra Angelico Adoration of the Magi oil painting artist

Adoration of the Magi
Painting ID::  3254
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1433-35 Museo San Marco, Florence

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Fra Angelico Lamentation Over the Dead Christ oil painting artist


Fra Angelico Lamentation Over the Dead Christ oil painting artist

Lamentation Over the Dead Christ
Painting ID::  3255
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1436 Museo di San Marco, Florence

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Fra Angelico Saints Cosmas and Damian with their Brothers before Lycias oil painting artist


Fra Angelico Saints Cosmas and Damian with their Brothers before Lycias oil painting artist

Saints Cosmas and Damian with their Brothers before Lycias
Painting ID::  3256
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Pinakothek, Munich

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