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ANGELICO, Fra: San Marco Altarpiece

🖼 San Marco Altarpiece, 1438-40
Tempera on wood
220 × 227 cm
Florence, Italy

Radiant gold leaf frames serene figures arranged in hierarchical tiers, rendered with ethereal tempera glazes and precise linear perspective. This altarpiece epitomizes Early Renaissance devotion, merging Byzantine reverence with humanist spatial innovation, establishing the visual language for Florentine religious art.

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