Frescoes of the Convent of San Marco

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fresco cycle religious artwork

The Frescoes of the Convent of San Marco are a celebrated cycle of early Renaissance religious wall paintings in Florence, created by Fra Angelico to inspire the spiritual contemplation of the Dominican friars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fresco cycle ⓘ
religious artwork ⓘ
access open to the public as museum exhibits ⓘ
artisticSchool Florentine school NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Fra Angelico's monastic life ⓘ
cityContext Republic of Florence in the 15th century ⓘ
commissionedBy Cosimo de' Medici NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
creator Fra Angelico NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateFrom c. 1438 ⓘ
dateTo c. 1445 ⓘ
depicts Dominican saints ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
saints ⓘ
scenes from the life of Christ ⓘ
function didactic tool for meditation ⓘ
monastic decoration ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of the San Marco Museum ⓘ
influenced High Renaissance religious painting ⓘ
influencedBy Giotto NERFINISHED ⓘ
Masaccio NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Convent of San Marco NERFINISHED ⓘ
Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ
material fresco ⓘ
movement Early Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWorkWithin Coronation of the Virgin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Crucifixion with Saints NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mocking of Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ
Noli me tangere NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Marco Annunciation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Transfiguration NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalAudience Dominican friars ⓘ
patron Cosimo de' Medici NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose devotional practice ⓘ
spiritual contemplation ⓘ
religiousOrderContext Dominican Order NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
roomContext chapter house ⓘ
cloister ⓘ
monks' cells ⓘ
refectory ⓘ
styleCharacteristic austere architectural settings ⓘ
clarity of composition ⓘ
soft modeling of figures ⓘ
use of light to suggest spirituality ⓘ
technique buon fresco ⓘ

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