bicci di lorenzo
Lorenzo di Bicci (c. 1373–1452): A Florentine Master of Devotion Lorenzo di Bicci, born around 1373 in Florence, stands as a pivotal figure within the burgeoning Florentine School of painting during the second half of the fourteenth century and early fifteenth. While biographical details remain scarce—his father’s identity shrouded in obscurity—scholarly consensus firmly establishes Lorenzo's apprenticeship under Jacopo di Cione and Andrea di Cione, artists whose stylistic innovations profoundly shaped his artistic trajectory. This lineage cemented him within a vibrant milieu characterized b…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of bicci di lorenzo's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
