Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum curators discussed the significance of relic collecting in relation to the current exhibition “Fra Angelico: Heaven on Earth.”
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Early Renaissance Artist Blends Tradition with Innovation
“At first look, Angelico’s might be like many others,” Strehlke said. “What I want to focus on, however, are several details which show us an artist working within a traditional framework, but, already at the start of his career, engaging in a search for a new type of realistic depiction.”