Fra Angelico (Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi)
Carl Brandon Strehlke
Marsilio Arte, 2026
€89,00
Uitverkocht
Published to accompany the exhibition at Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence 26 September 2025 – 25 January 2026.
A glorious publication devoted to the “saintly and excellent” Florentine friar and painter Fra Angelico, whose religious scenes exemplify the Renaissance ideals of perspective, harmony, and humanism. After mastering the language of Gothic painting, Fra Angelico eagerly embraced the new artistic principles emerging in Renaissance Florence. This volume offers a comprehensive exploration of his extraordinary talent, revealing how artistic innovation was placed in the service of profound spiritual expression. The book presents an authoritative assessment of the current state of research on Angelico and is distinguished by the unprecedented reunion of five dismantled altarpieces: the San Piero Martire Altarpiece, the San Domenico Altarpiece in Fiesole, the Compagnia di San Francesco Altarpiece in Santa Croce, the San Marco Altarpiece, and the Perugia Altarpiece. While the central panels remain in Italy, their dispersed components—now held in museum collections worldwide—are brought together here for the first time.
Featuring critical essays, a study of the history of the Museum of San Marco, and an in-depth analysis of Angelico’s frescoes in the Sala del Capitolo, the cloisters, and the monastic cells, this volume stands as a definitive and indispensable reference on the artist.
ISBN: 9791254632505
