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Parri Spinelli ( – 1453) was an Italian ( Tuscan) painter of the early renaissance who was born in the Province of Arezzo. His father and teacher was
Spinello Aretino Spinello Aretino (c. 1350 – c. 1410) was an Italian painter from Arezzo, who was active in Tuscany at the end of the 14th and the first decennium of the 15th century.Lorenzo Ghiberti Lorenzo Ghiberti (, , ; 1378 – 1 December 1455), born Lorenzo di Bartolo, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Florence, a key figure in the Early Renaissance, best known as the creator of two sets of bronze doors of the Florence Baptister ...
. He became the most important painter in Arezzo upon his return. Spinelli died in 1453 in Arezzo Province. His paintings are notable for their bold colors and figures that are more elongated than those of his predecessors.


References

*''Encyclopedia of World Art'', New York, McGraw-Hill, 1959–1987. *Siren, Osvald, 'Pictures by Parri Spinelli', ''
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'', vol. 49, No. 282 (Sep., 1926), pp. 117–25. *Vasari, Giorgio, ''Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori'', many editions and translations. *Zucker, Mark J., ''Parri Spinelli's Lost Annunciation to the Virgin and Other Aretine Annunciations of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries'', ''The Art Bulletin'', vol. 57, No. 2 (Jun., 1975), pp. 186–95.


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Works by Parri Spinelli on Artcyclopedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Spinelli, Parri 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Tuscany 1387 births 1453 deaths Year of birth uncertain