What is fra angelico known for strings

Fra Angelico
Born	Guido di Pietro c.1395 Republic of Florence
Died	Feb. 18, 1455 (about age 60) Rome, Papal States
Nationality	Florentine
Movement	Early Renaissance
Field	Painting, Frescoes
Works

As with many artists, the legacy of Fra Angelico was created in his artwork.

Yet unlike some other artists, his legacy embodies a spiritual aspect that has led others to believe it was inspired or touched by the angels.

Angelico’s Early Years

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The exact date of birth for Fra Angelico is unknown.

David sits awkwardly, at the base of a throne on a seat, plucking at the strings of his psaltery.

The process he used to create depth was considered ingenious at the time – with a nail at the vanishing point and plenty of string, he was able to map it out.

Fra Angelico is a psychic painter in my way of looking at things.

While he started in the monastery as an illustrator of manuscripts, he became known as a masterful painter of altarpieces.

A Dominican who spent much of his life around Florence, Angelico is best known for the frescoes he painted in the dormitory cells at the Convent.

Many scholars mention c.1400, while others give 1390 or 1387 as the year of his birth. What is known, however, is that he was born in Italy, in Vicchio, Tuscany, in the area known as “Mugello.” This is a valley that follows Northern Florence to the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, where the Lorraine and Medici families enriched the land with castles and villas.

It is also near Fiesole, the place of the Dominican convent he entered after becoming members of