Lorenzo d'Alessandro
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Lorenzo d’Alessandro painter interpreter of late gothic style.
and influenced another important local painter, Niccolò Di Liberatore
, also known as “L'Alunno” (from Foligno
, who lived two years in San Severino
and painted there a polyptych signed in 1468). Lorenzo was also inspirated by Carlo Crivelli
and Piero della Francesca
. D’Alessandro blended the typical elements of the late Gothic culture and of the Renaissance in his expressive style.
and many important museums in all the world, with only three valuable paintings being displayed in the Civic Pinacotheca of San Severino: the Virgin Mary in throne with the Child among Saints John Baptist and Agostino, the Pietà the Nativity. In Saint Mary of Majesty church in Parolito, a town very close to San Severino, are conserved five frescoes ascribed to D’Alessandro.
Biography
The artistic heritage of the school salimbenian inherited his style from Salimbeni brothersSalimbeni
Brothers Lorenzo and Jacopo Salimbeni, medieval painters representative of International Gothic style.-Biography:...
and influenced another important local painter, Niccolò Di Liberatore
Niccolò Alunno
Niccolò Alunno was an Italian painter of the Umbrian school.He was born at Foligno, the son of speziali. He was a pupil of Bartolomeo di Tomaso; his master's assistant was Benozzo Gozzoli, the pupil of Fra Angelico. The simple Umbrian feeling in his work was somehow modified by this Florentine...
, also known as “L'Alunno” (from Foligno
Foligno
Foligno is an ancient town of Italy in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clitunno river system...
, who lived two years in San Severino
San Severino Marche
San Severino Marche is a comune in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about 50 km southwest of Ancona and about 25 km southwest of Macerata.-From prehistory to Roman age:...
and painted there a polyptych signed in 1468). Lorenzo was also inspirated by Carlo Crivelli
Carlo Crivelli
Carlo Crivelli was an Italian Renaissance painter of conservative Late Gothic decorative sensibility, who spent his early years in the Veneto, where he absorbed influences from the Vivarini, Squarcione and Mantegna...
and Piero della Francesca
Piero della Francesca
Piero della Francesca was a painter of the Early Renaissance. As testified by Giorgio Vasari in his Lives of the Artists, to contemporaries he was also known as a mathematician and geometer. Nowadays Piero della Francesca is chiefly appreciated for his art. His painting was characterized by its...
. D’Alessandro blended the typical elements of the late Gothic culture and of the Renaissance in his expressive style.
Works
In spite of his great artistic production the majority of his paintings are scattered through both MarcheMarche
The population density in the region is below the national average. In 2008, it was 161.5 inhabitants per km2, compared to the national figure of 198.8. It is highest in the province of Ancona , and lowest in the province of Macerata...
and many important museums in all the world, with only three valuable paintings being displayed in the Civic Pinacotheca of San Severino: the Virgin Mary in throne with the Child among Saints John Baptist and Agostino, the Pietà the Nativity. In Saint Mary of Majesty church in Parolito, a town very close to San Severino, are conserved five frescoes ascribed to D’Alessandro.