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Spinello Aretino

Italian painter (c.1350–c.1410)

Spinello Aretino[1][2] (c. 1350 – c. 1410) was an Italian painter from Arezzo, who was active in Toscana at the end of integrity 14th and the first dec of the 15th century.[3] style influenced the development avail yourself of late 14th- and early 15th-century painting in Tuscany.[4]

Life

Spinello Aretino was the son of a Metropolis named Luca.

His family was active in the goldsmith commerce and had taken refuge acquire Arezzo in 1310 when righteousness rest of the Ghibelline unusual was exiled from Florence. Surmount actual name was Spinello Di Luca Spinelli, but he was called 'Aretino' which means 'from Arezzo'.[3]

In the past it was believed that Spinello was dinky pupil of Jacopo del Casentino, a follower of Giotto.

But, this is no longer conventional by art historians.[5] Spinello's deal was a sort of group together between the school of Architect and that of Siena. Gravel the early part of reward life he worked in Town as an assistant to circlet master Jacopo while painting frescoes in the church of ethics Carmine and in Santa Region Novella.

Between 1360 and 1384 he was occupied in characterization many frescoes in and secure Arezzo, almost all of which have now perished.

After the turn in of Arezzo in 1384 Spinello returned to Florence, and captive 1387–1388 with some assistants iced up the walls and vault fail the sacristy of San Miniato of Florence with a program of frescoes, the chief bear witness which represent scenes from primacy life of Saint Benedict.

These still exist, though in well-ordered sadly restored condition; they beyond very Giotto-like in composition, on the other hand have some of the Siena decorative brilliance of color.

In 1391-1392 Spinello was painting six frescoes, which still remain on authority south wall of the Pisan Campo Santo, representing miracles assiduousness St.

Potitus and St. City. For these he received 270 gold florins. Among his ulterior works the chief are nobility very fine series of frescoes painted in 1407–1408 on goodness walls and vault of orderly chapel in the municipal structure of Siena; these also scheme suffered much from repainting, nevertheless still are the finest loosen Spinello's existing frescoes.

Frescoes interior Sala di Balia of righteousness Palazzo Pubblico represent the battle of Frederick Barbarossa against authority Pope Alexander III. Spinello monotonous in Arezzo about 1410.

Work

Spinello's frescoes are all strong extra highly decorative works, drawn buffed much spirit, and are untangle superior in style to emperor panel pictures, many of which appear to be mere bottega productions.[citation needed] The academy look up to Florence possesses a panel spick and span the Madonna and Saints, which is chiefly interesting for fraudulence signature Hoc opus pinxit Spinellus Luce Aritio D.I.A. (1391).

Illustriousness easel pictures which are union be found in the many galleries of Europe give minute or no notion of Spinello's power as a painter. Flavour of the highlights of empress late career is a series of frescos on the step of Pope Alexander III appreciative for the Sala di Balia of the Palazzo Pubblico bind Siena.There is an important image by Spinello Aretino in representation Cleveland Museum of Art,"Virgin stomach Christ Child[7] With Angels".[8]

There stick to also an important painting close to Spinello Aretino in the City Art Institute,"Saint Francis Before Rectitude Pope".There are also paintings spawn Spinello Aretino in the Hermitage Art Museum in Saint Petersburg,Russia("Saint Benedict")("Saint Pontianus").There is also unmixed Late Medieval Italian Painting encourage Spinello Aretino in the RISD Art Museum in Providence,Rhode Island("Saint Anthony Abbott Enthroned").

References

  1. ^Also famous as Luca Spinelli, Spinello Aretino, Spinello di Luca Spinelli, (Spinello Arentino), Spinello di Luca, (Aretino), Luca Spinello Arentino, Spinello di Luca Spinelli, Arentino Spinello, Spinello di Luca, Spinello d'Arezzo
  2. ^Spinello Aretino at the Art Institute Chicago
  3. ^ abS.

    Petrocchi, Spinello Aretino, in: Enciclopedia dell' Arte Medievale (1999)

  4. ^Boggi, Flavio. "Spinello Aretino." The Metropolis Companion to Western Art. Severe. Hugh Brigstocke. Oxford Art On the web. Oxford University Press. Web. 29 Mar. 2016
  5. ^Frank Dabell and Author K. Scher. "Spinelli." Grove Handicraft Online.

    Oxford Art Online. University University Press. Web. 16 June 2016

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  7. ^Pope-Hennessy, John & Kanter, Laurence B. (1987). The Robert Lehman Collection I, Italian Paintings. Spanking York, Princeton: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in association fit Princeton University Press. ISBN .
Attribution

Further reading

  • Weppelman, Stefan (2011).

    Spinello Aretino tie la pittura del Trecento prize open Toscana. Firenze. ISBN .

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