Link to Post:
http://berkshirereview.net/2011/06/figure-memorie-spazio-disegni-fra-angelico-leonardo-grafica-quattrocento-uffizi-firenze/
Daniel B. Gallagher reviews the exhibition Figure, Memorie, Spazio: disegni da Fra’Angelico a Leonardo which was on view at Galleria degli Uffizi and Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence (closed June 12, 2011). Gallagher writes: "Precisely because drawing was considered an indispensable daily discipline, it became the privileged means of unlocking the cognitive processes that led masters to produce their greatest work. Whereas we tend to approach sketchbooks as modern-day detectives, at the time they were produced, budding apprentices knew full well that they were the most reliable entryway into the minds of their teachers."
Link to Post:
http://altoonsultan.blogspot.com/2011/01/velazquez-and-fra-angelico-with.html
Although favoring the paintings of Velázquez for years, painter Altoon Sultan discusses how time widens our perspective on paintings of the past. She writes: "I no longer want to have a 'favorite artist'; I see so much that moves me and enriches my life and my work. Now I see the clarity of the artists of the Quattrocento and their faith centered world as tremendously important, and I had overlooked them years ago."
