bicci di neri
Neri di Bicci: Life and Legacy Early Life and Family Background Born: 1419, Florence, Italy. Died: 1492, Florence, Italy. Neri di Bicci was the third in a lineage of Florentine painters. His grandfather, Lorenzo di Bicci, was a pupil of Spinello Aretino, and his father, Bicci di Lorenzo, continued the family tradition. This familial artistic heritage profoundly shaped Neri’s early training and development. Artistic Training and Influences Neri studied under his father, Bicci di Lorenzo, absorbing the stylistic conventions of the time. Early Influences: Initially, Neri’s work…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of bicci di neri'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.
