Domenico da Cortona
Domenico da Cortona, also known as Domenico di Michelino, was an Italian painter born in 1417 in Cortona, a town in Tuscany, Italy. He was a follower of the Florentine school, and his work was heavily influenced by Filippo Lippi and Fra Angelico, both prominent figures in the early Renaissance period.
Life and Career
- Birth and Early Life: Born in 1417, little is known about his early life or training, but it's believed he moved to Florence to study art.
- Artistic Influence: Domenico's style reflects the transition from the Gothic to the Renaissance, blending medieval techniques with the new humanistic approaches of his time.
- Works:
- Dante and the Divine Comedy (c. 1465), his most famous work, is a fresco in the Santa Maria del Fiore (Florence Cathedral). This fresco depicts Dante Alighieri with scenes from his epic poem.
- Other works include altarpieces, frescoes, and panel paintings, though many are lost or attributed to him with less certainty.
- Death: Domenico da Cortona died in Florence in 1491.
Legacy
Despite being less known compared to some of his contemporaries, Domenico's work contributed to the development of Renaissance art, particularly through his innovative compositions and the integration of narrative elements from literature into visual art. His fresco of Dante and the Divine Comedy, for instance, is one of the earliest and most significant representations of Dante Alighieri in art.
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