Orcagna
Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo (c. 1308 – 25 August 1368), better known as Orcagna, was an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect active in Florence. He worked as a consultant at the Florence Cathedral and supervised the construction of the façade at the Orvieto Cathedral.[1] His Strozzi Altarpiece (1354–57) is noted as defining a new role for Christ as a source of Catholic doctrine and papal authority.[2]
Works
[edit]Orcagna's works include:
- "Altarpiece of the Redeemer" (1354–57) in the Strozzi di Mantova Chapel at Santa Maria Novella, Florence
- The tabernacle in Orsanmichele (finished 1359) which was regarded as "the most perfect work of its kind in Italian Gothic".[3]
- His fresco The Triumph of Death inspired Franz Liszt's masterwork Totentanz.
- His fresco Crucifixion with a multitude of angels surrounding the cross, portrayed on a dark background and a few fragments of the Last Supper (1365).[4]
The mosaic decoration and the rose window of the cathedral of Orvieto is attributed to Orcagna, who had become Master of the Works in 1359.
Pupils
[edit]Among Orcagna's pupils and legacy were:
- Nello di Vanni, a Pisan painter of the 14th century, who also worked for the Campo Santo. Nello di Vanni is conjectured to be identical with Bernardo Nello or Giovanni Falcone.[5]
- Tommaso del Mazza, called Tomasso di Marco by Giorgio Vasari[6]
- Jacopo di Cione, brother of Andrea and mainly sculptor and architect[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "UFFIZI GALLERY". www.museumsinflorence.com.
- ^ Eimerl, Sarel (1967). The World of Giotto: c. 1267–1337. et al. Time-Life Books. p. 187. ISBN 0-900658-15-0.
- ^ "Orcagna". Catholic Encyclopedia.
- ^ "Cenacolo by Andrea". www.visitflorence.com.
- ^ Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong; Robert Edmund Graves (eds.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. Vol. II L-Z. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 586.
- ^ Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori ed architettori, Volume 1, by Giorgio Vasari, Editor G. C. Sansoni, (1906); page 609.
- ^ Vasari, page 610.
External links
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- Middleton, John Henry (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 165–167.
