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Benozzo gozzoli biography books

          In this beautiful book Diane Cole Ahl provides a definitive account of the life and work of Renaissance artist Benozzo Gozzoli..

          Benozzo Gozzoli was an early Italian Renaissance painter whose masterpiece, a fresco cycle in the chapel of the Medici-Riccardi Palace, Florence.

        1. Providing a reassessment of Benozzo Gozzoli, one of the most esteemed and prolific artists of the Renaissance, this work focuses on the social and cultural.
        2. In this beautiful book Diane Cole Ahl provides a definitive account of the life and work of Renaissance artist Benozzo Gozzoli.
        3. Benozzo Gozzoli was an Italian Renaissance painter from Florence.
        4. Benozzo Gozzoli.

          5. Benozzo Gozzoli

          Italian painter (c. 1421–1497)

          Benozzo Gozzoli (pronounced[beˈnɔttsoˈɡɔddzoli,–ˈɡɔttsoli]; born Benozzo di Lese;[a]c. 1421 – 4 October 1497) was an Italian Renaissance painter from Florence.

          A pupil of Fra Angelico, Gozzoli is best known for a series of murals in the Magi Chapel of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, depicting festive, vibrant processions with fine attention to detail and a pronounced International Gothic influence.

          The chapel's fresco cycle reveals a new Renaissance interest in nature with its realistic depiction of landscapes and vivid human portraits.

          Biography.

          Gozzoli is considered one of the most prolific fresco painters of his generation. While he was mainly active in Tuscany, he also worked in Umbria and Rome.[1]

          Biography

          Apprenticeship

          Gozzoli was born Benozzo di Lese,[a] son of a tailor, in the village of Sant'Ilario a Colombano around 1421.

          His family moved to nearby Florence in 1427