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Angelico
combined the influence of the elegantly decorative
Gothic style of Gentile da Fabriano with the
more realistic style of such Renaissance masters
as the painter Masaccio and the sculptors Donatello
and Ghiberti, all of whom worked in Florence.
Angelico was also aware of the theories of perspective
proposed by Leon Battista Alberti. Angelico's
representation of devout facial expressions
and his use of color to heighten emotion are
particularly effective.
His skill in creating monumental figures, representing
motion, and suggesting deep space through the
use of linear perspective, especially in the
Roman frescoes, mark him as one of the foremost
painters of the Renaissance.
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