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Bonaventura Berlinghieri (flourished 1235–44) was an Italian painter from Lucca, Italy, known for his poignant and detailed scenes from the life of St. Francis on the predella (base of the altarpiece) of the Church of San Francesco at Pescia. Bonaventura was the son of the painter Berlinghiero of the Berlinghieri family of Lombardian painters.
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Early Life and Family Bonaventura Berlinghieri, an Italian painter, hailed from a prominent artistic family in Lucca. His father, Berlinghiero di Milanese, was a renowned artist, and his brothers, Marco and Barone, also became painters. The family's workshop flourished in the first half of the 13th century. Artistic Career Bonaventura's first ...
[1] All three sons of Berlinghiero Berlinghieri became painters. Besides those for the best known, Bonaventura Berlinghieri, records survive concerning Barone di Berlinghiero ( fl 1228–82), probably the oldest of the brothers, and Marco di Berlinghiero ( fl 1232–55), and a detailed document of 1266 records Bonaventura’s stepson and apprentice, Lupardo di Benincasa (d Kingdom of Sicily ...
Segna di Bonaventura, also known as Segna de Bonaventura, and as Segna di Buonaventura, was an Italian painter of the Sienese School. He was active from about 1298 to 1331. In 1306 he painted a panel for the office of the Biccherna in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena.
Bonaventure OFM (/ ˈ b ɒ n ə v ɛ n tʃ ər, ˌ b ɒ n ə ˈ v ɛ n tʃ ər / BON-ə-ven-chər, - VEN-; Italian: Bonaventura da Bagnoregio [ˌbɔnavenˈtuːra da (b)baɲɲoˈrɛːdʒo]; Latin: Bonaventura de Balneoregio; born Giovanni di Fidanza; 1221 – 15 July 1274) [6] was an Italian Catholic Franciscan bishop, cardinal, scholastic theologian and philosopher.
Berlinghieri, Bonaventura. views 1,252,194 updated. Bonaventura Berlinghieri (bô´nävĕntōō´rä bĕr´lĬng-gyā´rē), fl. 1235–44, Italian painter. Originally from Lucca, he was the most gifted of a family of Lombardian painters. His Scenes from the Life of St. Francis on the predella of the altar of San Francesco (Pescia) is the ...
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Dr. Zucker: [0:19] One of the most famous examples of this is an altarpiece by Bonaventura Berlinghieri known as the “St. Francis Altarpiece.”. Dr. Harris: [0:27] This is a life-sized altarpiece, so Francis is about five feet high. It would have stood on an altar and would have been the focus of religious meditation, of prayer.
