Melozzo da Forlì

Melozzo da Forlì (c. 1438 – 8 November 1494) was an Italian Renaissance painter and architect. His fresco paintings are notable for the use of foreshortening. He was the most important member of the Forlì painting school.

Melozzo da Forlì

c. 1438

Forlì, Papal States

1494 (aged 55–56)

Forlì, Papal States

Forlì painting school

Painting, architecture

Frescoes of the Basilica dei Santi Apostoli (Rome), Basilica della Santa Casa (Loreto)

Italian Renaissance

Ansuino da Forlì

Legacy[edit]

While few of Melozzo's works are still preserved, critics agree that he contributed to the progress of pictorial art. Without being remarkable as a colorist, he painted with care and finish, creating fine and dignified figures. His use of perspective influenced other painters. Melozzo's works bear a certain resemblance to those of his contemporary Andrea Mantegna. Marco Palmezzano was a pupil of Melozzo. The signature "Marcus de Melotius" on some of Palmezzano's works, along with a general affinity of style, has led to their being ascribed to Melozzo and to the latter being incorrectly named "Marco Melozzo". The paintings of Melozzo strongly influenced Michelangelo, Raphael and Donato Bramante.

Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

"Melozzo da Forlí"

Bryan, Michael (1886), Robert Edmund Graves (ed.), , London: George Bell and Sons, p. 505

Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical

Clark, Nicholas (1990), Melozzo Da Forli, London: Sotheby's Publications, 978-0-85667-371-9

ISBN

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Melozzo da Forlì". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Melozzo da Forlì