- Hardcover: 1 pages
- Publisher: Thames and Hudson (Dec 1 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0500237298
- ISBN-13: 978-0500237298
- Product Dimensions: 28.4 x 24.1 x 3.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 2.4 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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This is a record of all the Fra Angelico frescoes, which can be found in the convent of San Marco in Florence. They were painted in the 1430s and 1440s centring on the themes of Christ's sacrifice. Conceived and executed simply as aids to meditation and prayer, they have taken their place among the most exhilarating masterpieces of Western art. An introductory history of the building and the paintings is followed by a fully illustrated survey of every picture, most with details shown in actual size. The book aims to reveal the artist's tenderness and strength, his freshness of colour and his subtlety of line.
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Fra Angelico,
By Laurence Anderson (Northfield, MN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fra Angelico (Hardcover)
This is what an art book should be, page after page of splendid reproductions, including several full page details of Fra Angelico's greatest works. I was able to spend one day in San Marco, 2 years ago, I was alone most of the morning, but by noon had to contend with hoards of tourists pushing their way to get their 3 second glimsp of each fresco. Looking at these wonderful reproductions, I am reminded of the originals, I am able to see details I could not see peering through the entrances to the monks' rooms, and to recall many details had just forgotten. The text, devoted to the illuminating the art, included a wonderful explaination of composition and perspective.
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incredible book for an incredible work of art !,
This review is from: Fra Angelico (Hardcover)
this book is a piece of art itself. the reproductions and the details close-up photographs gives a new demention of fra angelico's frescos of 'san marco' in florence. it is a unic book. tzvia haitin
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Fra Angelico,
By Laurence Anderson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fra Angelico (Hardcover)
This is what an art book should be, page after page of splendid reproductions, including several full page details of Fra Angelico's greatest works. I was able to spend one day in San Marco, 2 years ago, I was alone most of the morning, but by noon had to contend with hoards of tourists pushing their way to get their 3 second glimsp of each fresco. Looking at these wonderful reproductions, I am reminded of the originals, I am able to see details I could not see peering through the entrances to the monks' rooms, and to recall many details had just forgotten. The text, devoted to the illuminating the art, included a wonderful explaination of composition and perspective.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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incredible book for an incredible work of art !,
By haitin zvia - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fra Angelico (Hardcover)
this book is a piece of art itself. the reproductions and the details close-up photographs gives a new demention of fra angelico's frescos of 'san marco' in florence. it is a unic book. tzvia haitin
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