Luca Signorelli ( – 16 October 1523) was an

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from

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, who was noted in particular for his ability as a draftsman and his use of foreshortening. His massive

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s of the ''Last Judgment'' (1499–1503) in

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are considered his masterpiece. In his early 40s he returned to live in Cortona, after working in Florence,

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and Rome (1478–84, painting a now lost section of the

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). With an established reputation, he remained based in Cortona for the rest of his life, but often travelled to the cities of the region to fulfill commissions. He was probably trained by Piero della Francesca in Florence, as his cousin

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wrote, and his

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style became rather out of date in the new century. Cortona will host a major exhibition in 2023 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of his death.

Biography

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He was born Luca d'Egidio di Ventura in

, Tuscany (some sources call him Luca da Cortona). The precise date of his birth is uncertain, but birth dates between 1441 and 1445 have been proposed. He died in 1523 in his native Cortona, where he is buried. He was likely between seventy-eight and eighty-two years old. He is considered to be part of the Tuscan school, although he also worked extensively in Umbria and Rome. His first impressions of art seem to originate in Perugia – including the styles of artists such as

Benedetto Bonfigli Benedetto Bonfigli (c. 1420 – July 8, 1496) was an Italian Renaissance painter born in Perugia, and part of the Umbria school of painters including Raphael and Perugino. He is also known as ''Buonf ...

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and

Pinturicchio Pinturicchio, or Pintoricchio (, ; born Bernardino di Betto; 1454–1513), also known as Benetto di Biagio or Sordicchio, was an Italian painter during the Renaissance. He acquired his nickname (meaning "little painter") because of his sma ...

. Lazzaro Vasari, the great-grandfather of art historian

, was Luca's maternal uncle. According to

, Lazzaro had Luca apprenticed to Piero della Francesca. In 1472 the young artist was painting at

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, and in 1474 at

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. He presented to

Lorenzo de' Medici Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (; 1 January 1449 – 8 April 1492) was an Italian statesman, banker, ''de facto'' ruler of the Florentine Republic and the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. Also known as Lorenzo ...

a work which is likely ''School of Pan''.

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and her husband Henry discovered the painting in Florence circa 1870 and subsequently sold it to the Kaiser Frederick Museum in Berlin, though it was destroyed by allied bombs in WWII. The painting's subject is almost the same as that which he also painted on the wall of the Petrucci palace in Siena – the principal figures being Pan himself,

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, a man reclining on the ground, and two listening shepherds. Signorelli worked in Rome from 1478 to 1484. In 1484 he returned to his native Cortona, which remained his home until his death. In the Monastery of

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south of Siena he painted eight frescoes, forming part of a vast series depicting the life of St. Benedict; they are at present much injured. In the palace of

Pandolfo Petrucci Pandolfo Petrucci (14 February 1452 – 21 May 1512) was a ruler of the Italian Republic of Siena during the Renaissance. Biography Born and raised in Siena, a member of an aristocratic family, Petrucci was exiled from his home in 1483 for be ...

he worked upon various classic or mythological subjects, including the aforementioned ''School of Pan''. Signorelli remained healthy until his death, continuing to paint and accept commissions into his final year, including the altarpiece of the Church at Foiano.

Work in Orvieto

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From the Monastery of Monte Oliveto Maggiore near

, Signorelli went to

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and produced his masterpiece, the frescoes in the chapel of S. Brizio (then called the Cappella Nuova), in the

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. The Cappella Nuova already contained two groups of images in the vaulting over the altar, the Judging Christ and the Prophets, murals initially begun by

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fifty years prior. The works of Signorelli in the vaults and on the upper walls represent the events surrounding the Apocalypse and the Last Judgment. The events of the Apocalypse fill the space which surrounds the entrance into the large chapel. The Apocalyptic events begin with the ''Preaching of Antichrist'', and proceed to the ''Doomsday'' and ''The Resurrection of the Flesh.'' They occupy three vast

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s, each of them a single continuous narrative composition. In one of them, the

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, after his portents and impious glories, falls headlong from the sky, crashing down into an innumerable crowd of men and women. The events of the

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fill the facing vault and the walls around the altar. The series is composed of ''Paradise'', ''the'' ''Elect and the Condemned'', ''Hell'', the ''Resurrection of the Dead'', and the ''Destruction of the Reprobate.'' Luca signorelli, compianto, cortona, e predella

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To Angelico's ceiling, which contained the Judging Christ and the Prophets led by John the Baptist, Signorelli added the Madonna leading the Apostles, the Patriarchs, Doctors of the Church, Martyrs, and Virgins. The unifying factor of the paintings is found in the scripture readings in the Roman liturgies for the Feast of All Saints and Advent. Stylistically, the daring and terrible inventions, with their powerful treatment of the nude and arduous foreshortenings, were striking in their day.

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is claimed to have borrowed, in his own fresco at the

wall, some of Signorelli's figures or combinations. The lower walls, in an unprecedented style, are richly decorated with a great deal of subsidiary work connected with

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, specifically the first eleven books of his ''Purgatorio'', and with the poets and legends of antiquity. A ''Pietà'' composition in a niche in the lower wall contains explicit references to two important Orvietan martyr saints, San Pietro Parenzo and San Faustino. The contract for Signorelli's work is still on record in the archives of the Cathedral of Orvieto. He undertook the task of completing the ceiling on April 5, 1499 for 200 ducats, as well as 600 ducats for the walls, along with lodging, and a monthly payment of two measures of wine and two quarters of corn. The contract directed Signorelli to consult the Masters of the Sacred Page for theological matters. This is the first such recorded instance of an artist receiving theological advice, although art historians believe such discussions were routine. Signorelli's first stay in Orvieto lasted no more than two years. In 1502 he returned to Cortona, later returning to Orvieto to continue the lower walls. He painted a dead Christ, with Mary Magdalene, the Virgin Mary, and the local martyr Saints Pietro Parenzo and Faustino. The figure of the dead Christ, according to Vasari, is the image of Signorelli's son Antonio, who died from the plague during the course of the execution of the paintings.

Work in Siena, Cortona, Rome, and Arezzo

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After finishing the frescoes at Orvieto, Signorelli was often in Siena. In 1507 he executed a great altarpiece for S. Medardo at

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in the

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, the ''Madonna and Child'', with the ''Massacre of the Innocents'' and other episodes. In 1508

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summoned artists to Rome, including Signorelli,

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and Il Sodoma to paint the large rooms in the

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. They began work, but soon the Pope dismissed all to make way for

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. Their work was taken down, except for the ceiling in the Stanza della Segnatura. Luca returned to Siena, but mostly lived in his hometown of Cortona. He was constantly at work, but the products of his closing years were not of the quality of his works from 1490 to 1505. In 1520 Signorelli went with one of his pictures to Arezzo. He was partially paralyzed when he began a fresco of the ''Baptism of Christ'' in the chapel of Cardinal Passerini's palace near Cortona, which is the last picture attributed to him (alternatively, a ''Coronation of the Virgin'' at Foiano della Chiana). Signorelli stood in great repute as a citizen, entering the magistracy of Cortona as early as 1488 and holding a leading position by 1523, the year of his death. Signorelli paid great attention to anatomy. It is said that he carried on his studies in burial grounds, and his mastery of the human form implies a familiarity resulting from dissections. He surpassed contemporaries in showing the structure and mechanism of the nude in immediate action, even going beyond nature in experiments of this kind, trying hypothetical attitudes and combinations. His drawings in the

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demonstrate this and bear a close analogy to the method of Michelangelo. He aimed at powerful truth rather than nobility of form; comparatively neglecting color, and his

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exhibits sharp oppositions of lights and shadows. He had a vast influence over the painters of his own and of succeeding times, but had no pupils or assistants of high repute; one being a nephew named Francesco. Vasari, who claimed Signorelli as a relative, described him as kindly, and a family man, and said that he always lived more like a nobleman than a painter. Vasari included Signorelli's portrait, one of seven, in his study in Arezzo, along with Michelangelo and himself. The Torrigiani Gallery in Florence contains a grand life-sized portrait by Signorelli of a man in a red cap and vest, and corresponds with Vasari's observation. In the

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, are the ''

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'' and three other works. Legend holds that Signorelli depicted himself in the left foreground of his Orvietan mural '' The Preaching of the Antichrist''. Fra Angelico, his predecessor in the Orvieto cycle, is thought to stand behind him in the piece. However, the figure thought to be Fra Angelico is not dressed as a Dominican friar, and Signorelli's supposed portrait does not match that in Vasari's study.

Major works

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* ''The Scourging of Christ'' (c. 1480) – Tempera on roundheaded panel, 84 × 57 cm,

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* '' Testament and Death of Moses'' (1481–1482) – Fresco, 350 × 572 cm,

, Vatican * '' Sant'Onofrio Altarpiece'' (1484) – Panel, 221 × 189 cm, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo,

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* ''Martyrdom of St Sebastian'' – Pinacoteca Comunale, Città di Castello * ''Madonna and Child'' (1484) – Panel, 170 × 117.5 cm,

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* '' The Circumcision'' (c. 1490–91) – Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 259 × 180 cm,

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*''Madonna and Child with St. Joseph and Another Saint'' (1490–1492) – Panel, diameter: 99 cm, Galleria Palatina,

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, Florence *'' Portrait of a Man'' (c. 1492) – Tempera on panel, 50 × 32, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin *''The Adoration of the Shepherds'' (1496) – Painted for the church of San Francesco,

*''The Damned Cast into Hell'' (c. 1499) – San Brizio Chapel,

, Orvieto, Italy *'' Allegory of Fertility and Abundance'' (c. 1500) – Tempera on panel,

*''Lamentation over the Dead Christ'' (1502) – Wood, 270 × 240 cm, Museo Diocesano, Cortona * :File:Vitellozzo Vitelli.jpg Portrait of Vitellozzo Vitelli'' (1500–1503) – Panel, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Orvieto * ''Mary Magdalene'' (1504) – Panel, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Orvieto * ''Calvary'' (1505) * ''The Coronation of the Virgin'' (1508) – painted for the Filippini Chapel in the church of San Francesco, Arcevia * '' The Trinity, the Virgin and Two Saints'' (1510) – Tempera on wood, 272 × 180 cm, Uffizi, Florence * '' Communion of the Apostles'' (1512) – Panel, 232 × 220 cm, Museo Diocesano, Cortona * ''

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'' (c. 1512) – Tempera on panel,

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, Florence * ''Madonna with Child and Saints'' (1515) – Painted for church of San Francesco,

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, now in the National Gallery, London * '' Madonna and Child with Saints'' (c. 1519–1523) – Tempera on panel, Museo di arte medievale e moderna,

* ''Immaculate Conception'' (c. 1523) – Panel, 217 × 210 cm, Museo Diocesano, Cortona * ''Madonna and Child with Saints'' (mid or late 1510s) – Panel, Museo Nazionale di

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) File:Luca signorelli, cappella di san brizio, predica e punizione dell'anticristo 01.jpg, Fresco of the ''Deeds of the Antichrist'' (c. 1501) in

. File:Signorelli self.jpg, Selfportrait of Luca Signorelli (left) with

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Notes

References

* * Cruttwell, Maud, ''Signorelli''. George Bell & Sons in London, 1899
online
* * Henry, Tom, ''The Life and Art of Luca Signorelli''. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2012
Review

External links

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