The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 2); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . rri-tory belonging to Florence; d. at Florence in bore the worldly name of Bartolommeo di Pagholodel Fattorino and was called, more familiarly, Bacciodella Porta, the nickname being a reference to thecircumstances of his family. His work as a paintercharacterizes the transition of the Renaissance fromits early period to the time of its greatest 1484 he entered the studio of Cosimo RosselU,one of whose pupils at the same tim
The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 2); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . rri-tory belonging to Florence; d. at Florence in bore the worldly name of Bartolommeo di Pagholodel Fattorino and was called, more familiarly, Bacciodella Porta, the nickname being a reference to thecircumstances of his family. His work as a paintercharacterizes the transition of the Renaissance fromits early period to the time of its greatest 1484 he entered the studio of Cosimo RosselU,one of whose pupils at the same time was a lad ofabout Bartolommeos age, Mariotto friendship between Bartolommeo and the some-what more worldly Albertinelli caused the two toform a business partnership in 1490 which lasteduntil 1512. At times the two friends were estrangedon account of Bartolommeos admiration for Savon-arola. Bartolommeo adopted Savonarolas theories con-cerning art, painted the reformers picture a numberof times and after Savonarolas tragic end (1498)entered the same order to which the reformer hadbelonged. Before this, though, he had painted the. The Descent from the Cross (Pitti Gallery Florence) fresco of the Last Judgment, which is in the Churchof Santa Maria Nuova, Florence. The upper part ofthe fresco depicts the Saviour, the \irgin Mary, andthe .\postles; the figures while preserving their tradi-tional dignity exhibit a striking freedom in the work also shows an entirely new perception ofperspective. The lower half of the fresco, painted byAlbertinelli, is also skilfully composed. At times, per-haps, a little more action would be preferable. Be-sides this work all that we have of Bartolommeos firstperiod are numerous carefully executed drawings whichare in various collections. Savonarola made the samedeep impression on Bartolommeo that he made onmany other Florentine painters. According to Ya,-sari, the artist, influenced by Savonarolas preach- ing, threw his se
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