Luca Signorelli
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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
(called Luca of Cortona), an Italian painter;.was born at Cortona about 1440. He was instructed first by Matteo da Sienna and afterwards by Pietro della Francesca, whose style he seized so effectually that the works of the two have often been confounded. He painted many religious subjects, of which a list is given in Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
The precursor of Michael Angelo in Italian art, born at Cortona; studied at Arezzo under Piero della Francesca, and became distinguished for the accurate anatomy of his figures and for the grandeur and originality of design exhibited in his admirable frescoes of religious subjects at Loretto, Orviëto, and elsewhere (1441-1525).
