Fra Angelico Accomplishments

At the beginning of the 14th century, Italian cities were lands of first and foremost importance in the way of economic and political organization. Italy is the richest merchant country in both Europe and the East. In addition, Italy was fortunate to have a huge repository of classical monuments and artifacts. For examples, Roman architectures and Sculpture were found in most towns and cities, including copies of lost sculptures from ancient Greece, which were familiar for centuries. These are the conditions that made Italy became the first place where the Renaissance began in the Late Middle Ages, then spreading to the rest of Europe at different scales and levels. Renaissance means "rebirth," which embraces the flourishing of Latin as well …show more content…
Also during this period, the artworks reached the top, finishing, exemplary and unique style. Artworks were influenced by philosophical ideas of the cosmology, humanism, and religion. In particular, under the support of the popes, the Church's Art was very developed. Architectural works with the layout of the religious paintings reached a creative peak. Together with the artists of the time, Fra Angelico, a Dominican monk, a master of painting, made great contributions to Catholic painting. This article focuses on the key points of Fra Angelico, including his biography, his talent was filled by his vocation, and reflection with his explosive works.
Fra Angelico was known as an early Renaissance painter with many works of art, but his childhood was not found in much of the history. According to Giorgio Vasari's, Fra Angelico, whose real name is Guido di Piero, was born around 1387 in Vicchio di Mugello, near Florence. He worked as a painter since he was young. He and his brother Fra Benedetto joined the Dominican Order around 1420. Traditionally, a religious order is usually called a new name. Guido's religious name was "Fra Giovanni". Since his work in the …show more content…
Unfortunately, no documentation mentions this. Some places say after he went into the Dominic Order he was training for a manuscript and an illuminator. Perhaps, through the experience in that career that Fra Angelico has created a style of his own. Along with the Gothic style, which is based on humanism and realism, Angelico blends perfectly in the combination of light and shadow to create a deep painting in the blur. The uniqueness of Fra Angelico's style led Georges Didi-Huberman to write a book called "Fra Angelico: Dissemblance and Figuration" for analysis. Susan H. Swetnam additionally says, "Though romantic depiction of Fra Angelico's life suggest that he was "the prototype of the mystic artist rapt in the contemplation of ineffable vision, which he painted in spells of blissful piety", art historians have established that he was actually 'a man of the Renaissance," drawing on contemporary technique and interested in both humanism and the aesthetic principles of Thomas Aquinas" . Angelico loved saint Dominic. Angelico describes the intimacy between God and Saint Dominic in his paintings. Although he painted the scenes in the Bible, there was Saint Dominic's presence in that context, such as: Christ Carrying The Cross and The