Giovanni di Paolo
Dreamlike Sienese style with elongated forms
Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia was an Italian painter, working primarily in Siena, becoming a prolific painter and illustrator of manuscripts, including Dante's texts. He was one of the most important painters of the 15th century Sienese School. His early works show the influence of earlier Sienese masters, but his later style was more individual, characterized by cold, harsh colours and elongated forms. His style also took on the influence of International Gothic artists such as Gentile da Fabriano. Many of his works have an unusual dreamlike atmosphere, such as the surrealistic Miracle of St. Nicholas of Tolentino painted about 1455 and now housed in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, while his last works, particularly Last Judgment, Heaven, and Hell from about 1465 and Assumption painted in 1475, both at Pinacoteca Nazionale (Siena), are grotesque treatments of their lofty subjects. Giovanni's reputation declined after his death but was revived in the 20th century.
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Master student
- Charles Louis Clérisseau Student
- Domenico Fiasella Student
- Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli Student
- Valerio Castello Student
Influenced by
- Gentile da Fabriano Influenced_by
Influenced
Artworks by this artist (35 total)
- Salome Asking Herod for the Head of Saint John the Baptist 1455-60
- Paradise 1445
- The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist 1455-60
- Saints Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Agatha, and Margaret ca. 1470
- The Miraculous Communion of Saint Catherine of Siena
- The Annunciation to Zacharias ca. 1455-60
- St. Catherine of Siena and the Beggar 1460s
- Saint Ambrose 1465-70
- The Blessed Ambrogio Sansedoni (1220–1286) 1447-65
- The Adoration of the Magi 1440-45
- The Head of Saint John the Baptist Brought before Herod 1455-60
- Madonna and Child with Two Angels and a Donor ca. 1445
- The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise 1445
- Saint John the Baptist in Prison Visited by Two Disciples 1455-60
- St. Catherine of Siena Invested with the Dominican Habit 1460s
- Saint Catherine of Siena Exchanging Her Heart with Christ
- St. Thomas Aquinas Confounding Averroës 1445-50
- The Adoration of the Magi c. 1450
- The Crucifixion c. 1447
- The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Siena