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LORENZO Monaco: Altarpiece

🖼 Altarpiece, 1408
Panel (each)
66 × 12 cm
Paris, France

Gleaming gold leaf and tempera create a vertical composition of religious figures arranged in hierarchical tiers. Lorenzo Monaco's Gothic altarpiece epitomizes early Florentine spirituality, establishing compositional templates for Renaissance altar decoration through its ornate, jeweled aesthetic.

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