Christ in the Sepulchre with Two Angels
Italian
c1421-1457
Andrea del Castagno Location
Italian
c1421-1457
Andrea del Castagno Location
Italian painter. He was the most influential 15th-century Florentine master, after Masaccio, of the realistic rendering of the figure and the representation of the human body as a three-dimensional solid by means of contours. By translating into the terms of painting the statues of the Florentine sculptors Nanni di Banco and Donatello, Castagno set Florentine painting on a course dominated by line (the Florentine tradition of disegno), the effect of relief and the sculptural depiction of the figure that became its distinctive trait throughout the Italian Renaissance, a trend that culminated in the art of Michelangelo. 1447
Fresco
Painting ID:: 32213
Christ in the Sepulchre with Two Angels
Italian
c1421-1457
Andrea del Castagno Location
Italian
c1421-1457
Andrea del Castagno Location
Italian painter. He was the most influential 15th-century Florentine master, after Masaccio, of the realistic rendering of the figure and the representation of the human body as a three-dimensional solid by means of contours. By translating into the terms of painting the statues of the Florentine sculptors Nanni di Banco and Donatello, Castagno set Florentine painting on a course dominated by line (the Florentine tradition of disegno), the effect of relief and the sculptural depiction of the figure that became its distinctive trait throughout the Italian Renaissance, a trend that culminated in the art of Michelangelo. 1447 Fresco Sant'Apollonia, Florence The splendid synopias which were discovered when the frescoes in the refectory of the Sant'Apollonia were detached from the walls are today on exhibit alongside the frescoes themselves. They confirm the opinion that Andrea was a quick and lively artist who drew with ease. , ANDREA DEL CASTAGNO , Christ in the Sepulchre with Two Angels (synopia) , 1401-1450 , Italian , painting , religious
Painting ID:: 64861
Andrea del Castagno Italian
c1421-1457
Andrea del Castagno Location
Italian
c1421-1457
Andrea del Castagno Location
Italian painter. He was the most influential 15th-century Florentine master, after Masaccio, of the realistic rendering of the figure and the representation of the human body as a three-dimensional solid by means of contours. By translating into the terms of painting the statues of the Florentine sculptors Nanni di Banco and Donatello, Castagno set Florentine painting on a course dominated by line (the Florentine tradition of disegno), the effect of relief and the sculptural depiction of the figure that became its distinctive trait throughout the Italian Renaissance, a trend that culminated in the art of Michelangelo. Christ in the Sepulchre with Two Angels 1447 Fresco Sant'Apollonia, Florence The splendid synopias which were discovered when the frescoes in the refectory of the Sant'Apollonia were detached from the walls are today on exhibit alongside the frescoes themselves. They confirm the opinion that Andrea was a quick and lively artist who drew with ease. , ANDREA DEL CASTAGNO , Christ in the Sepulchre with Two Angels (synopia) , 1401-1450 , Italian , painting , religious
