Fra Angelico

Fra Angelico's paintings join early Renaissance form and space with Dominican devotional life. At San Marco in Florence, rebuilt with support from Cosimo de' Medici, frescoes place sacred events in the friars' cells and shared spaces. The Annunciation presents Gabriel and Mary through restrained gestures and simple architecture. Christ Glorified in the Court of Heaven, part of an altarpiece for San Domenico at Fiesole, gathers angels around the risen Christ; the Coronation of the Virgin uses a richer ceremonial grouping.