: English ▁ch ore ograph ers ▁Category : 1 9 5 0 ▁birth s ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : D ance ▁companies ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁Category : Command ers ▁of ▁the ▁Order ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁Empire <0x0A> </s> ▁Lorenzo ▁Mon aco ▁( born ▁ ▁Pier o ▁di ▁Giovanni ; ▁▁ 1 3 7 0 ▁– ▁c . ▁ 1 4 2 5 ) ▁was ▁an ▁Italian ▁painter ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁Goth ic - ear ly ▁Renaissance ▁age . ▁He ▁was ▁born ▁Pier o ▁di ▁Giovanni ▁in ▁S ien a . ▁Little ▁is ▁known ▁about ▁his ▁youth , ▁apart ▁from ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁app r entic ed ▁in ▁Florence . ▁He ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁Gi otto ▁and ▁his ▁follow ers ▁Sp in ello ▁A ret ino ▁and ▁Ag n olo ▁G add i . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 3 9 0 ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁Cam ald ol ese ▁monaster y ▁of ▁Santa ▁Maria ▁degli ▁Ang eli . ▁He ▁was ▁th ence for th ▁generally ▁known ▁as ▁Lorenzo ▁Mon aco ▁( English : ▁" L aw rence ▁the ▁Mon k "). ▁▁▁ ▁Starting ▁from ▁around ▁ 1 4 0 4 ▁his ▁works ▁show ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁the ▁International ▁Goth ic , ▁of ▁Lorenzo ▁G hi ber ti ' s ▁earliest ▁works ▁and ▁of ▁G her ardo ▁St arn ina . ▁From ▁this ▁period ▁is ▁the ▁Piet à ▁in ▁the ▁Gall erie ▁dell ' Acc adem ia ▁in ▁Florence . ▁His ▁works , ▁often ▁over ▁a ▁g ild ed ▁background ,