Padua Franciscan High School

PADUA SCHOOL, a picturesque school that developed in Padua and played a role. the role in the formation and development of Renaissance art in the North. Italy. The painting of Padua of the 14th century is represented by the works of visiting masters (Giotto, Altichiero, Avanzo) and local followers of Giotto. To ser. 15th century. around the painter F. Squarcione there was a self-standing. the school, the masters of k-roy (N. Pizzolo, Bono da Ferrara, Ansuino da Forli) combined late Gothic in their work. features with the search for a chiseled-clear form and a close study of antiquity. monuments. The largest representative of P.S. is Andrea Mantegna.