Luca Signorelli

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Luca Signorelli was an Italian Renaissance painter renowned for his powerful, anatomically precise frescoes and dramatic compositions, particularly in the Orvieto Cathedral.

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Luca Signorelli canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian painter ⓘ
Renaissance painter ⓘ
human ⓘ
activePeriod early 16th century ⓘ
late 15th century ⓘ
artHistoricalReputation major precursor of High Renaissance figure style ⓘ
birthCountry Italy ⓘ
birthPlace Cortona ⓘ
birthYear c. 1445 ⓘ
commissionedBy Orvieto Cathedral Chapter ⓘ
linked to: Orvieto Cathedral

Papal court in Rome ⓘ
deathPlace Cortona ⓘ
deathYear 1523 ⓘ
familyName Signorelli ⓘ
field painting ⓘ
genre altarpieces ⓘ
fresco cycles ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ
givenName Luca ⓘ
influenced Michelangelo ⓘ
Raphael ⓘ
influencedBy Andrea del Verrocchio ⓘ
Piero della Francesca ⓘ
knownFor anatomically precise figures ⓘ
dramatic compositions ⓘ
fresco painting ⓘ
movement Early Renaissance ⓘ
High Renaissance (transitional) ⓘ
linked to: High Renaissance

Italian Renaissance ⓘ
name Luca Signorelli ⓘ
nationality Italian ⓘ
notableWork Chapel of San Brizio fresco cycle ⓘ
Last Judgment frescoes in Orvieto Cathedral ⓘ
Madonna and Child with Saints (various altarpieces) ⓘ
The Damned Cast into Hell (Orvieto) ⓘ
The Resurrection of the Flesh (Orvieto) ⓘ
occupation painter ⓘ
regionOfActivity Tuscany ⓘ
Umbria ⓘ
style dramatic foreshortening ⓘ
emphasis on human anatomy ⓘ
expressive gestures ⓘ
monumental figure composition ⓘ
workLocation Cortona ⓘ
Florence ⓘ
Orvieto Cathedral ⓘ
Rome ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of della Rovere → commissionedArtist → Luca Signorelli ⓘ
Sistine Chapel → wallDecorationBy → Luca Signorelli ⓘ
Luca Signorelli → name → Luca Signorelli ⓘ
Orvieto Cathedral → artist → Luca Signorelli ⓘ