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Fra Angelico and the masters of lightMuse Jaquemart-AndrFrom September 23rd 2011 to January 16th 2012

The Jacquemart-Andr Museum is the first French museum to pay tributeto Fra Angelico (1387-1455) and reconsider this exceptional artists career.

The exhibition will present nearly 25 major works by Fra Angelico and asimilar number of panels painted by some of his prestigiouscontemporaries, such as Lorenzo Monaco, Masolino, Paolo Uccello, FilippoLippi and Zanobi Strozzi.

Fra Angelico was a major player in Florences artistic and culturalrevolution at the beginning of the 15th century. His work combines thegolden lustre inherited from Gothic style with a new understanding ofperspective. He initiated the artistic movement which specialists havenamed the Peintres de la Lumire (painters of light).

Fra Angelico was a pupil of Lorenzo Monaco and, like him, a monk. Helearned his art in Florence, a city saturated with the International Gothicstyle. This refined style, which combined influences from Northern Europeand Italy, inspired Fra Angelico to create works with deep spiritualmeaning, that you will see some examples in this exhibition

Fra Angelico and the masters of lightFrom September 23rd 2011 to January 16th 2012Muse Jaquemart-Andr

158, boulevard Haussmann75008 ParisTel: +33 (0)1 45 62 11 59www.musee-jacquemart-andre.comRead more : www.espritdefrance.com

Fra Angelico (1387-1455)Madone aux cdres, vers 1419-1423tempera sur bois, 102 x 58 cm,

Muse national de San Matteo, Pise

2011. Photo Scala, Florence - courtesy of the Ministero Beni e Att.

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Fra Angelico et les matres de la lumireMuse Jaquemart-AndrDu 23 septembre 2011 au 16 janvier 2012

Le Muse Jacquemart-Andr est le premier muse franais rendrehommage Fra Angelico (1387-1455), figure majeure du Quattrocento, et

revisiter la carrire de cet artiste exceptionnel. Lexposition prsenteprs de 25 uvres majeures de Fra Angelico et autant de panneauxraliss par les peintres prestigieux qui lont ctoy : Lorenzo Monaco,Masolino, Paolo Uccello, Filippo Lippi ou Zanobi Strozzi.

Alliant dans ses uvres lclat des ors, hrit du style gothique, lanouvelle matrise de la perspective, Fra Angelico a pleinement particip la rvolution artistique et culturelle que connat Florence au dbut du XVesicle. Il a ainsi t linitiateur dun courant artistique que les spcialistesont appel les peintres de la lumire .

lve de Lorenzo Monaco, moine comme lui, Fra Angelico apprend son art Florence, dans un environnement imprgn par le gothiqueinternational. La dlicatesse de ce style, qui mle influences du Nord delEurope et de lItalie, inspire Fra Angelico des compositions dunegrande profondeur spirituelle, dont vous verrez des exemplaires raresdans cette exposition.

Fra Angelico et les matres de la lumireDu 23 septembre 2011 au 16 janvier 2012Muse Jaquemart-Andr158, boulevard Haussmann75008 ParisTl: +33 (0)1 45 62 11 59www.musee-jacquemart-andre.comEn savoir plus : www.espritdefrance.com

Fra Angelico (1387-1455)

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Cit du Vatican 2011. Photo Scala, Florence