“Fra Angelico and the Rise of the Florentine Renaissance”
Museo Nacional del Prado. Madrid
05/28/2019 - 09/15/2019
“Fra Angelico and the Rise of the Florentine Renaissance”, an exhibition sponsored by the Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado, analyses the artistic importance of the early Florentine Renaissance between approximately 1420 to 1430, with a particular focus on the figure of Fra Angelico, one of the great masters of this period.
The exhibition, which includes 82 works loaned by more than 40 institutions in Europe and America, centres on “The Annunciation” in the collection of the Museo del Prado, which is now presented in all its splendour following its recent restoration. This painting dates from the mid-1420s, “The Annunciation” is the first Florentine altarpiece in the Renaissance style to use perspective to organise the space and in which Gothic arcading is abandoned in favour of a more orthogonal structure, following the precepts favoured by Brunelleschi. Due to his status as a monk, Fra Angelico’s abilities in the depiction of light, space, perspective and narrative have often been eclipsed by his merits as a theological painter.
Curated by Carl Brandon Strehlke, Curator Emeritus at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and a renowned expert on Fra Angelico and other Florentine Renaissance painters, the exhibition is on display in Rooms C and D of the Jerónimos Building until 15 September.
Subtitles in English and Spanish are available
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The restoration of “The Annunciation” by Fra Angelico commented by Almudena Sánchez
• Restauración de la cap...
The restoration of “The Annunciation” by Fra Angelico commented by Gemma García Torres.
• Restauración de dorado...