Fra Angelico: The San Marco Frescoes (Hardcover)

by Paolo Morachiello (Author), Fra Angelico (Author), Eleanor Daunt (Translator), Museo Di San Marco (Corporate Author)

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Product Description
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.

Language Notes
Text: English
Original Language: Italian

Product Details

• Hardcover: 344 pages
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson (November 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0500237298
• ISBN-13: 978-0500237298
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 9.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,153,813 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fra Angelico, March 20, 2002

By	Laurence Anderson "andersonviolins" (Northfield, MN United States) - See all my reviews

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:

5.0 out of 5 stars incredible book for an incredible work of art !, June 16, 2000

By	haitin zvia (tel aviv, israel) - See all my reviews

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