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Luca Signorelli
Crtona 1441-1523
.Italian painter of the Umbrian school, who probably studied with Piero della Francesca. He worked in Cortona, where some of his paintings have remained. Subsequently he worked in the Cathedral of Perugia, in Volterra, and at Monte Oliveto before undertaking (1499) the decoration of the Cappella Nuova in the Orvieto Cathedral. There he represented the apocalyptic series of the Story of the Anti-Christ, the End of the World, the Resurrection of the Bodies, Paradise, and the Inferno, as well as figurations from antique poems and the Divine Comedy. The infernal scenes are remarkable for their imaginative evocation of fiends and tortures of Hell. Michelangelo was influenced by his powerful treatment of anatomy and the vivid realism he used for dramatic ends. Signorelli's paintings in the Vatican, where he went in 1508, were later sacrificed to make way for some of Raphael's work.
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Painting ID:: 26726
The Appearance of the Antichrist
mk52
1500
Fresco
Orvieto Cathedral
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Painting ID:: 26727
Detail from The Appearance of the Antichrist
mk52
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Painting ID:: 29043
The Holy Family
mk65
Oil on panel
48 13/16in
Uffizi,Gallery
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Painting ID:: 29778
The Crucifixion with St.Mary Magdalen
mk67
Oil on canvas
97 1/4x64 15/16in
Uffizi,Gallery
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Painting ID:: 29779
Madonna and Child with Prophets
mk67
Oil on panel
66 15/16x46 1/4in
Inscription
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Luca Signorelli
Crtona 1441-1523
.Italian painter of the Umbrian school, who probably studied with Piero della Francesca. He worked in Cortona, where some of his paintings have remained. Subsequently he worked in the Cathedral of Perugia, in Volterra, and at Monte Oliveto before undertaking (1499) the decoration of the Cappella Nuova in the Orvieto Cathedral. There he represented the apocalyptic series of the Story of the Anti-Christ, the End of the World, the Resurrection of the Bodies, Paradise, and the Inferno, as well as figurations from antique poems and the Divine Comedy. The infernal scenes are remarkable for their imaginative evocation of fiends and tortures of Hell. Michelangelo was influenced by his powerful treatment of anatomy and the vivid realism he used for dramatic ends. Signorelli's paintings in the Vatican, where he went in 1508, were later sacrificed to make way for some of Raphael's work.
. Related Artists to Luca Signorelli: | Adriaen van ostade | Abraham van Beijeren | Herbert Paus | Walter Withers | Mrs Alexander Farmer |
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