Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo (c. 1308 – 25 August 1368), better known as Orcagna, was an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect active in
Florence
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. He worked as a consultant at the Florence Cathedral and supervised the construction of the façade at the Orvieto Cathedral. His ''Strozzi Altarpiece'' (1354–57) is noted as defining a new role for
Christ
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as a source of Catholic doctrine and papal authority.
Works
Orcagna's works include:
* "Altarpiece of the Redeemer" (1354–57) in the ''Strozzi di Mantova'' Chapel at
Santa Maria Novella
Santa Maria Novella is a church in Florence, Italy, situated opposite, and lending its name to, the city's main railway station. Chronologically, it is the first great basilica in Florence, and is the city's principal Dominican church.
The ch ...
, Florence
* The tabernacle in
Orsanmichele
Orsanmichele (; "Kitchen Garden of St. Michael", from the Tuscan contraction of the Italian word ''orto'') is a church in the Italian city of Florence. The building was constructed on the site of the kitchen garden of the monastery of San Mich ...
(finished 1359) which was regarded as "the most perfect work of its kind in Italian Gothic".
* His fresco ''The Triumph of Death'' inspired
Franz Liszt's masterwork ''
Totentanz
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The ''Danse Macabre'' consists of the dead, or a personification of ...
''.
* 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).
The mosaic decoration and the rose window of the
cathedral of Orvieto
Orvieto Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Orvieto; Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta) is a large 14th-century Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and situated in the town of Orvieto in Umbria, central Italy. Since 198 ...
is attributed to Orcagna, who had become Master of the Works in 1359.
Pupils
Among Orcagna's pupils and legacy were:
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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.
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Tommaso del Mazza
Tommaso del Mazza, also known as the Master of Santa Verdiana, (active 1377–1392) was an Italian painter.
Biography
He trained in Florence, initially in the studio of Andrea Orcagna, but later with his brother Jacopo di Cione. He painted in ...
, called Tomasso di Marco by
Giorgio Vasari
Giorgio Vasari (, also , ; 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance Master, who worked as a painter, architect, engineer, writer, and historian, who is best known for his work '' The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculp ...
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Jacopo di Cione
Jacopo di Cione (c. 1325 – c. 1399) was an Italian Gothic period painter in the Republic of Florence.
Life and career
Born in Florence between 1320 and 1330, he is closely associated with his three older brothers Andrea di Cione di Arcange ...
, brother of Andrea and mainly sculptor and architect
[Vasari, page 610.]
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Gothic painters
Trecento painters
1308 births
1368 deaths
Painters from Florence
Painters from Tuscany
Architects from Florence
14th-century people of the Republic of Florence
14th-century Italian architects
14th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
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