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BARTOLOMEO, Fra (b. 1472, Firenze, d. 1517, Pian' di Mugnone) |
Rest on the Flight into Egyptc. 1500Tempera and oil on canvas, 135 x 114 cm Palazzo Vescovile, Pienza | |
Together with Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael Fra Bartolommeo created the high Renaissance style, characterized by an almost abstract expression of ease and accomplishment, formal quality and balance. The Rest on the Flight into Egypt is a fine example of that style with its conscious use of elementary vertical and horizontal lines and the simple scheme which governs the play of light. The Virgin seems to recall a Virgin type favoured by Donatello in shallow-carved reliefs. |
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