The Vision of St. Bernard ca 1504 (Uffizi).

Fart Bartolomeo or Fra Bartolomeo (March 28, 1472 – October 6, 1517), also known as Baccio della Porta, was a Italian Renaissance painter of religious subjects. Fra Bartolommeo ca. ... Fra Bartolommeo ca. ... Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (Fontaines, near Dijon, 1090 – August 21, 1153 in Clairvaux) was a French abbot and the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian monastic order. ... The Uffizi Gallery (Italian: Galleria degli Uffizi) is a palace or palazzo in Florence, holding one of the oldest and most famous art museums in the world. ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in leap years). ... February 20 - Orkney and Shetland are returned by Norway to Scotland, due to a defaulted dowry payment Possible discovery of Bacalao (possibly Newfoundland, North America) by João Vaz Corte-Real. ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years). ... January 22 - Battle of Ridanieh: The Turkish forces of Selim I defeat the main Mamluk army in Egypt under Touman Bey. ... Raphael was famous for depicting illustrious figures of the Classical past with the features of his Renaissance contemporaries. ...

Biography

He was born in Savignano di Prato, Tuscany. He received the nickname of Baccio della Porta for his house was near the Porta ("Gate") San Pier Gattolini. Tuscany (Italian: ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. ...

Starting from 1483 or 1484, by recommendation of Benedetto da Maiano, he apprenticed in the workshop of Cosimo Rosselli. In 1490 or 1491 he began a collaboration with Mariotto Albertinelli. In the late 1490s Baccio was drawn to the teachings of Fra Girolamo Savonarola, who denounced what he viewed as vain and corrupt contemporary art. Savonarola argued for art serving as a direct visual illustration of the Bible to educate those unable to read the book. From 1498 is his famous portrait of Savonarola, now in the Museo Nazionale di San Marco in Florence. The following year he was commissioned a fresco of the Universal Judgement for the Ospedale di Santa Maria Nuova, completed by Albertinelli and Giuliano Bugiardini when Baccio became a Dominican friar on July 26, 1500. The following year he entered the convent of San Marco. Benedetto da Maiano (* Florence 1442 - † Florence 1497) was an early Italian Renaissance sculptor. ... Cosimo Rosselli (1439-c. ... The Visitation, painted for the Congregazione di San Martino 1503, Mariotto Albertis masterpiece (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence) Mariotto di Bigio di Bindo Albertinelli (October 13, 1474 - November 5, 1515) was a Florentine painter of the High Renaissance, closely involved with Fra Bartolommeo and influenced by Raphael. ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s Years: 1490 1491 1492 1493 1494 1495 1496 1497 1498 1499 Events and Trends 1490: Tirant lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell & Martí Joan De Galba is published. ... Girolamo Savonarola by Fra Bartolomeo, c. ... The word Bible refers to the canonical collections of sacred writings of Judaism and Christianity. ... 1498 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The façade and the bell tower of San Marco in Florence. ... A friar is a member of a religious mendicant order of men. ... July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He renounced painting for several years, not resuming until 1504 when he became the head of the monastery workshop in obedience to his superior. In that year he began a Vision of St. Bernard for Bernardo Bianco's family chapel in the Badia Fiorentina, finished in 1507. Soon thereafter, Raphael visited Florence and befriended the friar. Bartolomeo learned perspective from the younger artist, while Raphael added skills in coloring and handling of drapery, which was noticeable in the works he produced after their meeting. With Raphael, he remained on the most friendly terms, and when he departed from Rome, left in his hands two unfinished pictures which Raphael completed. 1504 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Badìa Fiorentina is an abbey and church of the Fraternity of Jerusalem situated on the Via del Proconsolo in the centre of Florence, Italy. ... 1507 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Raphael or Raffaello (April 6, 1483 – April 6, 1520), born in Urbino, Italy, was a master painter and architect of the Florentine school in the Italian High Renaissance, celebrated for the perfection and grace of his paintings. ...

Pietà (1516). Palazzo Pitti, Florence.

At the beginning of 1508 Bartolomeo moved to Venice to paint a Holy Father, St. Mary Magdalene and St. Catherine of Siena for the Dominicans of San Pietro Martire in Murano, influenced somewhat by Venetian colorism. As the Dominicans did not pay the work, he took it back to Lucca, where it can be seen now. Also in Lucca, in the October 1509, he painted by Albertinelli an altarpiece with Madonna and Child with Saints for the local cathedral. On November 26, 1510 Pier Soderini commissioned him an altarpiece for the Sala del Consiglio of Florence, now in the Museum of San Marco. Two years later he finished another altarpiece for the cathedral of Besançon. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2024x1524, 242 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Fra Bartolomeo ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2024x1524, 242 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Fra Bartolomeo ... Early, tinted 20th-century photograph of the Palazzo Pitti, then still known as La Residenza Reale following the residency of King Emmanuel II between 1865–71, when Florence was the capital of Italy. ... 1508 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venexia) is the capital of the Italian regions and has a population of 271,663 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ... A shop with boats, Murano Murano is usually described as an island in the Venetian Lagoon, although like Venice itself it is actually an archipelago of islands linked by bridges. ... Lucca is a city in Tuscany, northern central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plain near (but not on) the Ligurian Sea. ... Façade and bell tower of the Duomo di Lucca. ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1510 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Piero di Tommaso Soderini, also known as Pier Soderini, (May 18, 1450 - June 13, 1513), was a Florentine statesman. ... Besançon (formerly German: ) is a French city in the département of Doubs, of which it is the préfecture. ...

Scene with Christ in the Temple (1519)
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

In 1513 he went to Rome, where he painted a Peter and Paul, now in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, while from the following years are the St. Mark Evangelist of Palazzo Pitti in Florence and the frescoes in the Dominican convent of Pian di Mugnone. After a promised Feast of Venus for Duke Alfonso I d'Este of Ferrara, of which only drawings remain, his last work is fresco of Noli me tangere also in Pian di Mugnone. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (644x630, 215 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Fra Bartolommeo Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (644x630, 215 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Fra Bartolommeo Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... 1513 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Entrance to the museum The Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) are the public art and sculpture museums in the Vatican City, which display works from the extensive collection of the Roman Catholic Church. ... Early, tinted 20th-century photograph of the Palazzo Pitti, then still known as La Residenza Reale following the residency of King Emmanuel II between 1865–71, when Florence was the capital of Italy. ... Portrait of Alfonso dEste by an unknown artist Alfonso dEste (1486–1534) was Duke of Ferrara during the War of the League of Cambrai. ... Ferrara is a city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, capital city of the province of Ferrara. ...

He died in Florence in 1517.

Evaluation

Initially, his works showed the influence of Rosselli's assistant, Piero di Cosimo, and those of Ghirlandaio and Filippino Lippi. After his hyatus from 1500 to 1503, he seemed to change vision, taking from Raphael the representation of light and its effects over moving shapes. Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci (c. ... An Old Man and with a Strawberry Nose (1480). ... Filippino Lippi, self-portrait Biography Filippino Lippi (ca. ...

Fra Bartolomeo's figures are generally small and draped. These qualities were alleged against him as defects, and to prove that his style was not the result of want of power, he painted the magnificent figure of the St. Mark Evangelist (ranked as his masterpiece), and the undraped figure of St. Sebastian. It is alleged that the latter was felt to be so strongly expressive of suffering and agony, that it was found necessary to remove it from the place where it had been exhibited in the chapel of a convent. Saint Sebastian (traditionally died January 20, 287, commemorated in his feast day) was a Christian saint and martyr, who is said to have died under the persecution of Christians by the Roman emperor Diocletian in the 3rd century. ...

Fra Bartolomeo's compositions are remarkable for skill in the massing of light and shade, richness and delicacy of colouring, and for the admirable drapery of the figures, Bartolomeo having been the first to introduce and use the lay-figure with joints.

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Sources

• Vaughn, William (2000). Encyclopedia of Artists. Oxford University Press, Inc.. ISBN 0-19-521572-9.