The painter Fra Angelico was among the first to use the techniques of perspective proposed by Leon Battista Alberti. His depiction of movement, as well as his use of colour and facial expressions to highlight grace and emotion, place him among the major painters of the early Renaissance.

Through a series of magnificent illustrations, combined with artistic and biographical analysis,Stephan Beissel unravels the talent of this unique artist, who alone knew how to paint the Christian soul, and whom Andre Malraux considered to be the painter who marked the severance between the sacred art of the Middle Ages and the new art born with the Renaissance.

Fra Angelico's Early Training and his Work in Cortona and Perugi

Stay and Work in Fiesole

Fra Angelico's Stay in Florence,and his Murals at the Convento di San Marco

Outside Influences

The Paintings of the Last Judgment and their Relationship with Dante's Poetry

The Virgin Mary in the Paintings of Fra Angelico

Works in Rome and Orvieto

The Final Years and Death of Fra Angelico

Bibliography

Notes

List of Artists

List of Illustrations