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ANGELICO, Fra: Crucifixion and Saints

🖼 Crucifixion and Saints, 1441-42
Fresco
550 × 950 cm
Florence, Italy

Luminous gold leaf frames Christ suspended above kneeling saints rendered in soft tempera, their gestures expressing spiritual devotion. Fra Angelico's altarpiece epitomizes Early Renaissance religious art, merging Byzantine reverence with humanistic emotion to inspire monastic contemplation.

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E. H. Gombrich
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