Artists
Lorenzo Monaco
- Country:
- Italy
- Birth year:
- 1370
- Death year:
- 1425
Lorenzo Monaco (c. 1370 Siena?-c.1425 Florence?) born Piero di Giovanni, is an important representative of the international Gothic Style. According to documentary evidence, he was active as a painter and miniaturist in Florence between 1390 and 1422. He entered the Kamaldula Monastery S. Maria degli Angli in 1391, and became a member of the painter's guild in 1402. Lorenzo Monaco was influenced by the Siencese School, especially Simone Martini and Pietro Lorenzetti, and the Florentine Successors of Giotto. Characteristic of his mature, delicate style are strongly curved lines, a great variety of ornament, tender colors and surprising light effects. His works include Virgin and Child with Two Angels, 1395, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; The Feast of Herod, 1408, Musee du Louvre, Paris; and Fresco with Scenes from the Life of the Virgin, c. 1422, S.Trinita, Florence.