# Fra Angelico

> A Dominican friar who painted only religious subjects and still became one of the turning points of the Renaissance — the frescoes at San Marco remain a masterclass in perspective and depth that broke with medieval flatness.

*Italian Early Renaissance painter*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/fra-angelico

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Artist
- **Category:** Artists
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 1390
- **Died:** 1455-02-18
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born Guido di Pietro around 1395, he took vows as a Dominican friar and painted under the name Fra Giovanni da Fiesole. Working in early Renaissance Florence, he created a series of frescoes for the convent of San Marco with backing from Cosimo de' Medici, including the San Marco Altarpiece and the Deposition of Christ. He painted exclusively religious subjects but pioneered the era's signature moves: linear perspective, attention to depth and form, a break from late medieval conventions. He later worked in Rome under Popes Eugene IV and Nicholas V. He died on 18 February 1455. Five centuries later, Pope John Paul II beatified him in 1982 and named him patron of Catholic artists two years after.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 59.6 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 24.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 8.5 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #221

## Topics
#Artists, #Artist, #Painting, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5664)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fra_Angelico)
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- [Fra Anceliko](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fra_Anceliko)
- [Fra Angelico](https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fra_Angelico)
- [Фра Беата Анджэліка](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0)
- [Фра Анджелико](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE)
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- [Fra Angelico](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fra_Angelico)
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- [Φρα Αντζέλικο](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CF%81%CE%B1_%CE%91%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF)
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- [Fra Angélico](https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fra_Ang%C3%A9lico)
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- [Fra Angelico](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fra_Angelico)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fra_Angelico)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Beato_Angelico)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/88c81a58-651e-4ce9-b51c-9b52f3860f1b)
- [Fra Angelico](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fra_Angelico)
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