Fra Lippi
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Master of the early Renaissance; pure exquisite color palette, influence of Netherlandish art; elegant figural forms; fresco and tempera on panel; highly realistic lansdcape detail Art Work
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Fra Lippi |
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Florence, Italy |
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1406 |
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1469 |
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Master of the early Renaissance; pure exquisite color palette, influence of Netherlandish art; elegant figural forms; fresco and tempera on panel; highly realistic lansdcape detail |
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Biography
| Accounts by art historian Giorgio Vasari indicate that the artist Fra Filippo Lippi led one of the more colorful lives among his contemporaries, although many of the stories about him have since been discounted. It is known, however, that the artist (who was also a Carmelite monk) abducted a young novice, Lucrezia Buti, in 1456 from the Augustinian convent in Prato. The two lived together, joined by her sister and several other nuns, and had two known children: a son, Filippino Lippi, who became a famous artist and a daughter, Alessandra. Lippi was one of the leading artists of the early Renaissance. His training is unknown, but he worked under the influence of Masaccio, Donatello, and later in his career Fra Angelico. In turn his work influenced his own pupil, Sandro Botticelli. Filippo Lippi was one of the first Italian artists to incorporate Netherlandish details in his work, and he was highly inventive and original in his paintings. This can be seen in his beautiful Virgin and Child with SS Frediano and Augustine (1437), which exhibits his complex but convincing spatial organization and elegant figural style. He was also one of the first Italian masters to paint portraits. He did so with great subtlety, as may be seen in Portrait of a Man and a Woman at a Casement (c. 1440). Lippi moved from Florence to Prato in around 1452 and began work on a large fresco cycle in the cathedral.The cycle was not completed until 1466 and represents his mature style with its strongly linear approach and rich palette. During this period he also worked on numerous other commissions. One of his last produced a masterpiece: the Coronation of the Virgin (1466-1469), part of a series of frescoes for Spoleto Cathedral that remained unfinished at his death and were later completed by his son, Filippino Lippi. |
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