Alesso Baldovinetti
1427-1499
Florentine Painter of The Early Renaissance
Influences - Paolo Uccello, Domenico Veneziano
Cause of Death - Heart Failure
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Alesso Baldovinetti lived during troubled and restless times. The world was in transition. The outdated feudal order imposed by the Church was buckling under the expansion of towns, the rise of the merchant class, the emergence of national states, the spread of religious reform and invention of the printing press. People were becoming fascinated with science, art, political affairs and travel to far off lands. Alesso Baldovinetti was born at the beginning of the modern world.
Alesso Baldovinetti was
born into a family
wealth and influence. He
was drawn to art from a
young age. He
completed many great
works in his long life
time and is considered
one of the greatest
Early Renaissance
painters of all time. Baldovinetti
worked mainly in the
newly discovered oil
painting mediums.
The
newly emerging painting
techniques and styles
were a reflection of the
transformation that was
taking place in Europe,
the change from the Dark
Ages to a more
enlightened, tolerant
society. According to
Historian Hendrik van
Loon, "People were no
longer contented to be
the audience and sit
still while the emperor
and the pope told them
what to do and what to
think. They wanted to be
actors upon the stage of
life. They insisted upon
giving “expression" to
their own individual
ideas."
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