Parri Spinelli ( – 1453) was an Italian (
Tuscan)
painter of the early renaissance who was born in the
Province of Arezzo
The province of Arezzo () is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Arezzo. The province is bordered by the regions of Marche, Emilia-Romagna, Umbria, and the provinces Siena and Florence of Tuscany. It has an area ...
. His father and teacher was
Spinello Aretino
Spinello Aretino (c. 1350 – c. 1410) was an Italian Painting, painter from Arezzo, who was active in Tuscany at the end of the 14th and the first decade of the 15th century.[Lorenzo Ghiberti
Lorenzo Ghiberti (, , ; 1378 – 1 December 1455), born Lorenzo di Bartolo, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Florence, a key figure in the Early Renaissance, best known as the creator of two sets of bronze doors of the Florence Baptister ...]
. He became the most important painter in Arezzo upon his return. Spinelli died in 1453 in Arezzo Province. His paintings are notable for their bold colors and figures that are more elongated than those of his predecessors.
References
*''Encyclopedia of World Art'', New York, McGraw-Hill, 1959–1987.
*Siren, Osvald, 'Pictures by Parri Spinelli', ''
The Burlington Magazine
''The Burlington Magazine'' is a monthly publication that covers the fine and decorative arts of all periods. Established in 1903, it is the longest running art journal in the English language. It has been published by a charitable organisation s ...
'', vol. 49, No. 282 (Sep., 1926), pp. 117–25.
*Vasari, Giorgio, ''Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori'', many editions and translations.
*Zucker, Mark J., ''Parri Spinelli's Lost Annunciation to the Virgin and Other Aretine Annunciations of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries'', ''The Art Bulletin'', vol. 57, No. 2 (Jun., 1975), pp. 186–95.
External links
Works by Parri Spinelli on Artcyclopedia
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15th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Painters from Tuscany
1387 births
1453 deaths