Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (Vicchio, c. 1395 – Rome, 18 February 1455), known as Fra Angelico (/ ˌfrɑː ænˈdʒɛlɪkoʊ / FRAH an-JEL-ik-oh, Italian: [ˈfra anˈdʒɛːliko], was a Dominican friar and painter active …

Fra Angelico, Italian painter, one of the greatest 15th-century artists, whose early Renaissance works embody a serene religious attitude and reflect a strong Classical influence.

Known posthumously as the "Angelic Painter," Fra Angelico helped usher in a revolution in Italian Renaissance painting.

Oct 7, 2025 · Do you know what’s lacking in Fra Angelico? There is no evil — only the sublime promise that things will get better, between this day and eternity, and human works will make it so.

Fra Angelico was one of the principal painters of the Early Renaissance in Florence. He is first recorded as a painter in 1417, and at about the same time became a novice at the Friary of San Domenico at …

The richly colored and shining figures, the wide views of the Tuscan landscape serving as a backdrop to Calvary, and the division into sacred and nonreligious people reveal Fra Angelico as an artist in tune …

Fra Angelico, The Entombment of Christ, c. 1450, tempera on poplar panel, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1939.1.260

Fra Giovanni da Fiesole, known as Blessed Fra Angelico, was an early Renaissance painter. After joining the Dominicans in 1420, he began illustrating manuscripts and choir books, beginning each …

He was a Dominican friar known as Brother Giovanni of Fiesole, but because of his faithfulness and the beauty of his art, people simply called him the Angelic Brother (in Italian, Fra Angelico—“fra” is a …

Fra Angelico (born Guido di Pietro; c. 1395 – February 18, 1455) was an Early Italian Renaissance painter described by Vasari in his Lives of the Artists as having "a rare and perfect talent".