Fra Angelico (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)

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This beautiful book, published in conjunction with the first major exhibition of Fra Angelico’s work since the cinquecentenary exhibition of 1955 in Florence, will feature more than seventy paintings, drawings, and manuscript illuminations covering all periods of the artist’s career, from round 1410 to 1455. Also included will be fifty selected works by his assistants and closest followers.

Fra Angelico (“the angelic friar”; ca. 1390/95–1455) was one of Renaissance Florence’s leading painters. In addition to his celebrated altarpieces and frescos in Florence, Fiesole, Cortona, Perugia, and Rome, Fra Angelico also completed many masterpieces on a small scale. His predella panels, the small narrative scenes included beneath large altarpieces, are among the most innovative creations in fifteenthcentury Florence, while his images of the Virgin and Child still retain the inspirational immediacy and presence that first secured the artist’s reputation as the premier painter of his age.

Research undertaken in the last fifty years now allows scholars to reconstruct a more historically reliable biography of Fra Angelico that goes beyond the legends and traditions to establish his position not only as one of the greatest masters of the fifteenth century, but also as one of the most intellectually accomplished painters who ever lived.

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BEAUTIFUL CALENDER.......2006-02-25

This is a calendar I will enjoy everyday, and I knew I would when I ordered it. Fra Angelio is a featured artist of The Met this year, but they were out of the calendars when I ordered, so I was very happy to find that Amazon had it. The pictures selected for this calendar are beautiful, and provide daily inspiration, though painted by this Italian artist about 800 years ago.

Fra Angelico: A Breathtaking Glimpse.......2006-01-30

This is much more than a coffee table book because of the extensive coverage of the artist: his life, his contemporaties, influences on his style and his influence on the styles of others. The lavish illustrations in glorious color emphasize the other-worldliness of the subject matter.

Fra Angelico: A Reevaluation and Appreciation.......2005-10-30

FRA ANGELICO may be a museum catalogue for the current exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, but it is also one of the more impressive historical documents on this important painter and his influence on the world of art in the library today. The book is a masterwork of scholarship and visual examples of this 15th Century artist.

Words fail in describing the degree of integrity of scholarship of the contributors. Under the curatorial guidance of Laurence Kanter the museum has gathered seventy-odd paintings, drawings and illuminations from books by Fra Angelico, and then to add to the dimension of the great master's influence, they have added some fifty works by his students and disciples. While Fra Angelico shines in his extraordinary sense of detail and representational art in a period when art was flattened decor and just entering the blossoming of the Renaissance, the works included by his pupils are quite staggeringly beautiful. Some would say comparison to the master is unfair: history offers another vantage, that being the concept that the truly great teachers enlighten their pupils to exceed the teacher's creations!

While the visual components of this fine book are incomparable, the various written sections by not only Laurence Kanter, but also by Pia Palladino, Magnolia Scudieri, Carl Strehlke, Victor M. Schmidt, and Anneke de Vries not only inform - they also read like a novel of the life and times in 15th Century Florence. In every way this is a magnum opus that represents well the Museum's exemplary exhibition of the work of Fra Angelico. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, October 05

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Fra Angelico
John T. Spike
Manufacturer: Abbeville Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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Signorelli and Fra Angelico at Orvieto: Liturgy, Poetry, and a Vision of the End of Time (Histories of Visions) (Histories of Visions) (Histories of Visions)

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Signorelli and Fra Angelico at Orvieto: Liturgy, Poetry, and a Vision of the End of Time (Histories of Visions) (Histories of Visions) (Histories of Visions)
Sara Nair James
Manufacturer: Ashgate Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0754608131

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Fra Angelico
incredible book for an incredible work of art !

Fra Angelico: The San Marco Frescoes
Paolo Morachiello , and Fra Angelico
Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson
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Binding: Hardcover

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Fra Angelico.......2002-03-21

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.

incredible book for an incredible work of art !.......2000-06-17

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

100 Great Artists: A Visual Journey from Fra Angelico to Andy Warhol

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A personal selection of 100 masters

100 Great Artists: A Visual Journey from Fra Angelico to Andy Warhol
Charlotte Gerlings
Manufacturer: Gramercy
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The Illustrated History of Art: From the Renaissance to the Present Day

ASIN: 0517227231
Release Date: 2006-02-07

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From Fra Angelico to Francisco Zurbaran, from the masters of the Renaissance to the abstract expressionists, this lavishly illustrated volume showcases the most influential Western artists from 800 years of art history, including:

• Michelangelo
• Salvador Dali
• Mary Cassatt
• Edgar Degas
• Pablo Picasso

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A personal selection of 100 masters .......2007-08-23

This album is a personal selection of one- hundred great artists from Fra Angelico to Warhol. The subtitle suggests that the artists will be presented in chrnological order but they are in fact presented alphabetically. One full page illustration of a painting is selected for each artist. There is short accompanying material about the artist and the work, with another small photo on the opposite page. The selection of the artists, I found a bit eccentric with there being a number of names who are not ordinarily considered part of the first- rank.
This is not an outstanding album but of course many of the illustrations are of great works, and can truly hold the attention and interest.

From Fra Angelico to Bonnard: Masterpieces from the Rau Collection

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From Fra Angelico to Bonnard: Masterpieces from the Rau Collection
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Manufacturer: Skira
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Binding: Paperback

Fra Angelico: San Marco, Florence (The Great Fresco Cycles of the Renaissance)

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Great Art /Great Book

Fra Angelico: San Marco, Florence (The Great Fresco Cycles of the Renaissance)
William Hood , and Fra Angelico
Manufacturer: George Braziller
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ASIN: 0807613932

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Great Art /Great Book.......2007-08-07

First rate elegant book on Fra Angelico.Excellent reproductions of an artist that Rothko preferred to any other artist of this period

Fra Angelico (Masters of Italian Art Series)

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Fra Angelico (Masters of Italian Art Series)
Gabriele Bartz
Manufacturer: Konemann
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Binding: Hardcover

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Fra Angelico—The Annunciation (Miniature Art Books Gallery)

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Fra Angelico—The Annunciation (Miniature Art Books Gallery)
Gattinara Federico Castelli
Manufacturer: Barron's Educational Series
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Leonardo—The Last Supper (Miniature Art Books Gallery)

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Leonardo—The Last Supper (Miniature Art Books Gallery)

ASIN: 0764159321

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Fra Angelico’s magnificent painting of the Annunciation to the Virgin can be seen today at the San Marco Museum in Florence, Italy. A beautiful reproduction of the memorable Italian Renaissance painting is presented and described in this attractive miniature book, which does double duty as a framed picture! The front cover shows the painting in a faithful, miniaturized full-color reproduction, and the book’s extra-sturdy slipcase is designed so it can be used as a picture frame. The slipcase can be stood up on a desk or tabletop with a pull-out tab, to present a framed picture. A second tab serves for those who prefer to use their Miniature Art Book as a wall hanging. But taken out of its slipcase, the book features 21 pages of color-illustrated text on glossy, card stock. The artist’s life and work is discussed with attention to significant features in the title painting. The book’s last two pages present a capsule timeline biography of the artist and his works.

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Beautiful to look at, but could use better scripture translation.
The Scriptural Rosary

The Scriptural Rosary (Regina Classics)

Manufacturer: Regina Press Malhame & Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0882717219

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Beautiful to look at, but could use better scripture translation........2007-02-06

The medieval artwork is great, the paper and the backgrounds are beautiful, I like it that it has a hard cover and there is good information about how to pray the rosary and a good litany prayer at the end of the book. My only criticism is that the book would have benefitted if a more traditional translation of scripture had been used.

The Scriptural Rosary.......2007-01-04

I loved this book. But like so many of his devotional books about Mary he seems a little off when he comes to the Immaculate Conception. I dont think well of those who on there own change things that should not be changed. That being said the rest of this book was great. More Please. But down with the new age stuff,OK? It only makes you look stupid....

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