Luca Signorelli

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Luca Signorelli was an Italian Renaissance painter renowned for his powerful, anatomically precise frescoes and dramatic compositions, particularly in the Orvieto Cathedral.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian painter
Renaissance painter
human
activePeriod early 16th century
late 15th century
artHistoricalReputation major precursor of High Renaissance figure style
birthCountry Italy
birthPlace Cortona
birthYear c. 1445
commissionedBy Orvieto Cathedral
surface form: Orvieto Cathedral Chapter

Papal court in Rome
deathPlace Cortona
deathYear 1523
familyName Signorelli
field painting
genre altarpieces
fresco cycles
religious painting
givenName Luca
influenced Michelangelo
Raphael
influencedBy Andrea del Verrocchio
Piero della Francesca
knownFor anatomically precise figures
dramatic compositions
fresco painting
movement Early Renaissance
High Renaissance
surface form: High Renaissance (transitional)

Italian Renaissance art
surface form: Italian Renaissance
name Luca Signorelli self-link
nationality Italian
notableWork Chapel of San Brizio fresco cycle
Frescoes in the Cathedral of Orvieto
surface form: Last Judgment frescoes in Orvieto Cathedral

Madonna and Child with Saints (various altarpieces)
The Damned Cast into Hell (Orvieto)
The Resurrection of the Flesh (Orvieto)
occupation painter
regionOfActivity Tuscany
Umbria
style dramatic foreshortening
emphasis on human anatomy
expressive gestures
monumental figure composition
workLocation Cortona
Florence
Orvieto Cathedral
Rome

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House of della Rovere commissionedArtist Luca Signorelli
Sistine Chapel wallDecorationBy Luca Signorelli
Luca Signorelli name Luca Signorelli self-link