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ANGELICO, Fra: Bosco ai Frati Altarpiece

🖼 Bosco ai Frati Altarpiece, c. 1450
Tempera and gold on panel
174 × 173 cm
Florence, Italy

Golden light bathes hierarchical saints arranged in precise geometric tiers, rendered in tempera with Fra Angelico's characteristic luminous blues and golds. This altarpiece exemplifies Early Renaissance spiritual devotion through mathematical perspective and divine radiance, establishing the visual language for Florentine religious art.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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