Feb. 18 is the feast of Blessed Fra Angelico, a Dominican friar and painter of the early Italian Renaissance. When Pope John ...

Fra Angelico Was Not His Real Name He is known as Fra Angelico, but the artist had a different name assigned at birth. He was born around 1395 in Tuscany and baptized as Guido di Pietro.

Annunciation and Adoration of the Magi by Fra Angelico is a masterpiece that can be viewed both as medieval and Renaissance. How so? Keep on reading to find that out.

54 x 44 in. (137.2 x 111.8 cm.) ...