Fra Angelico
BY
J. B. SUPINO
TRANSLATED
BY
LEADER SCOTT.
FLORENCE
ALINARI BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Printed byBarbéra—Alfani and Venturi, proprietors
Florence.
INDEX.
Beato Angelico—Proem | Page 5 |
I.—Fra Angelico at Cortona and Perugia(1409-1418) | 29 |
II.—Fra Angelico at Fiesole (1418-1436) | 55 |
III.—Fra Angelico at Florence (1436-1445) | 93 |
SanMarco | 95 |
Inthe Gallery of Ancient and Modern Art | 131 |
IV.—Fra Angelico at Rome and Orvieto(1445-1455) | 155 |
Index to the Illustrations | 179 |
| Transcriber's Note:Please click on smaller images to see a larger copy |
raditionshows us Fra Giovanni Angelico absorbed in his work, and eithercaressing with his brush one of those graceful angelic figureswhich have made him immortal, or reverently outlining the sweetimage of the Virgin before which he himself would kneel inadoration. Legend pictures him devoutly prostrate in prayer beforecommencing work, that his soul might be purified, and fitted tounderstand and render the divine subject; and again in orationafter leaving his easel, to thank heaven for having given him powerto make his holy visions visible to other eyes.
006But has tradition any found