Alessandro Araldi facts for kids
Alessandro Araldi (born around 1460 – died around 1529) was an Italian painter. He lived during the Renaissance period. He mostly worked in a city called Parma.
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Alessandro Araldi: A Renaissance Painter
Early Life and Influences
We do not know much about Alessandro Araldi's early life. He might have worked with another artist named Cristoforo Caselli. Araldi's art was inspired by other famous painters. He learned from artists like Melozzo da Forlì and the Vivarini family from Venice. He also got ideas from Giovanni Bellini and Lorenzo Costa from Ferrara.
Famous Works and Frescoes
Alessandro Araldi was known for painting large wall paintings called frescoes. He created many of these in the Benedictine monastery of San Paolo.
In 1514, he painted two scenes about the story of Saint Catherine. These included a painting called Dispute before the emperor Maximilian. He also painted an Annunciation for Giovanna da Piacenza. She was the head of the monastery at that time. Later, another famous painter named Antonio Allegri (also known as Correggio) created even more frescoes for the same abbess. Correggio's style was very different and more modern for that time.
Gallery
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Vault with Biblical scenes (1514)
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Vault
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Vault
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Lunette with scenes of devotion and sacrifice (1514)
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Lunette
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Marriage of the Virgin (1519)
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Holy Family with Bishop Domenico of Imola (1496)
See also
In Spanish: Alessandro Araldi para niños
