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Renaissance artists
Fra Angelico
His Paintings
Born: 1395
Died: 1455
His real name was Guido Di Pietro
He was born Vicchio, a small town near
Florence.
The name Fra Angelico means "angelic friar."
One of his most famous paintings
was the altarpiece for San Marco.
He completed this painting sometime
between 1438 and 1443.
Another of his famous paintings was
The Annunciation.
His life as a monk
This is called The Day of Judgement and is a panel of an altarpiece in San Marco Florence. It shows the precision, detail and colour rin his commissioned work
In 1418 he entered the Dominican Order and devoted his talent to the church.
He then changed his name to Giovanni Da Fiesole
What is he famous for?
Fra Angelico was most famous for his frescoes.
He painted many frescoes at the Dominican monastery
They are situated throughout the cloister, corridors, chapter house, and cells.
These are all religious paintings of the life of Jesus and pictures of saints.
This is a fresco called The annunciation