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Historical Artist - Benozzo Gozzoli (1420 - 1497)
Born as Benozzo di Lese Sandro, Gozzoli studied with Fra Angelico and worked alongside him on
the Pallazzo Medici-Riccardi. He traveled with his mentor to Rome, producing many frescoes and
murals for churches throughout Italy. Gozzoli went off on his own to Montefalco where he created
smaller paintings and altarpieces. He also painted bold portraits of his contemporaries such as
Dante, Petrarch, and Giotto. He is best known for a series of murals in the Palazzo
Medici-Riccardi depicting festive, vibrant processions with wonderful attention to detail and a
pronounced International Gothic influence. "Gozzoli's art does not rival that of his
greatest contemporaries, either in elevation or in strength, but it is attractive because of its
sense of what is rich, lively and abundant in the appearances of people and objects. His
landscapes, which are crowded with birds and animals, especially dogs, are more varied, and
alluring than those of any predecessor; his compositions are crowded with figures, more
characteristically true when happily and gracefully occupied than when the demands of the
subject require tragic or dramatic intensity, or turmoil of action; his colours are bright and
festive.
Contemporary Italian Artists
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