\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \pard\tx2130\ATXts24015000\ATXbrdr0 \f1 Italian painter.\par
\pard\ATXts24015000\ATXbrdr0 Devoting himself to illumination after h
is ordination as a priest û which took place in 1390, in the Camaldolensian monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence û the artist served his apprenticeship as a painter in the late Giottesque circles of Agnolo Gaddi (considered by some to have b
een his master), Spinello Aretino and Andrea Orcagna. His earliest works include the illuminations for choir books that are now in the Biblioteca Laurenziana in Florence. After 1404, LorenzoÆs style moved noticeably closer to that of Lorenzo Ghiberti, fr
om whom he derived the sometimes exaggerated elongation of his figures, something that can be noted, for instance, in the \i Annunciation \i0 in the Accademia at Florence. Though some aspects of his pictorial work, such as the use of a rhythmic and modul
ated line, are indicative of his contacts with late Gothic culture, they are contained within clearly Florentine canons. Thus his painting is a long way from the fabulous and chivalrous character of International Gothic and his interpretation of the sacr
ed theme is always spare and unadorned. Other significant works by Lorenzo are the \i Coronation of the Virgin\i0 and the \i Adoration of the Magi\i0 , both in the Uffizi, and the frescoes and altarpieces he painted for the Bartolini Chapel in the churc
