- Giovanni di Paolo
Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia (1399 or 1403 - 1482) was an Italian painter, working primarily in
Siena . He may have apprenticed withTaddeo di Bartolo , becoming a prolific painter and illustrator of manuscripts, includingDante 's texts.He was one of the most important painters of the 15th century
Sienese school. His early works show the influence of earlier Sienese masters, but his later style was more individual, characterized by cold, harsh colours and elongated forms. His style also took on the influence ofInternational Gothic artists such asGentile da Fabriano . Many of his works have an unusual dreamlike atmosphere, such as the surrealistic "Miracle of St. Nicholas of Tolentino" painted about 1455 and now housed in thePhiladelphia Museum of Art , while his last works, particularly "Last Judgment, Heaven, and Hell" from about 1465 and "Assumption" painted in 1475, both atPinacoteca ,Siena , are grotesque treatments of theirlofty subjects. Giovanni's reputation declined after his death but was revived in the 20th century.Anthology of Works
*1426 "Madonna and Child with Angels"
*1427 "Madona and Christ at Throne" (National Museum of Serbia ,Belgrade )
*1435 "Madonna of Humility" (Pinacoteca Nazionale,Siena )
*1440s "Saint Ansanus Baptizing" (Christian Museum, Esztergom)
*1440 "Saint Michael the Archangel" (Pinacoteca, Vatican)
*1445 "The Creation and the Expulsion from the Paradise" (Metropolitan Museum of Art ,New York )
*1445 "Saints Clare and Elizabeth of Hungary" (Private)
*1445 "Madonna and Child with Saints" (Uffizi Gallery ,Florence )
*1450 "Saint Stephen Suckled by a Doe" (San Stefano alla Lizza,Siena )
*1454 "Saint John the Baptist Goes into the Wilderness" (The Art Institute of Chicago )
*1455 "Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Saving a Ship" (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
*1455 "Coronation of the Virgin" (Metropolitan Museum of Art ,New York )
*1460s "Nativity" (Christian Museum,Esztergom )
*1460 "Saint Catherine before the Pope at Avignon" (Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza,Madrid )
*1462 "The Adoration of the Magi" (Metropolitan Museum of Art ,New York )
*1465 "Last Judgment, Heaven, and Hell" (Pinacoteca,Siena )
*1475 "Saint Catherine of Siena Exchanging her Heart with Christ" (Private) [http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/viewOne.asp?dep=11&viewmode=1&item=1997.117.3]
*1475 "Assumption of the Virgin" (Pinacoteca,Siena )External links
* [http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/giovanni_di_paolo.html Links to other biographies and images of work at ArtCyclopedia.com]
* [http://www.worldofdante.org/ World of Dante] Giovanni di Paolo Dante illustrations in Yates Thompson 36
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