Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro, Fra Giovanni da Fiesole)

Italian Artist · 1395–1455

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"The man who occupies himself with the things of Christ should live with Christ," said Fra Angelico, according to biographer Giorgio Vasari. When he became a Dominican monk around 1417, Giovanni da Fiesole was already a working artist. His style earned him the nickname "angelic," and the Dominican order gave him the standard honorarium *Fra* (brother). At the time of his death, Fra Angelico was on