1308, Firenze, d. cca. In 1343-44 he was admitted to the guild of the painters and nine years later to that of the masons. This is the most powerful Florentine painting of its period, and in spite of the massiveness of the figures it represents a reversion from Giotto's naturalism to the hieratic ideals of Byzantine art.
Colours are resplendent, with lavish use of gold, and the figures are remote and immobile.
The major work attributed to Orcagna is a fragmentary fresco trilogy of the Triumph of Death, Last Judgement, and Hell in Sta Croce. He was also an adviser on the construction of Florence Cathedral. Ghiberti attributes to him the series of frescos of The Last Judgement, Hell, and Paradise in the Strozzi Chapel, Sta Maria Novella, which houses Andrea's great altarpiece. Orcagna's style was the dominant influence in late 14th century Florentine painting. Web Gallery of Art, created by Emil Kren and Daniel Marx .