Filippo Lippi
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Graphic Design
Filippo Lippi Details
Excerpt:PLATE I.—THE VIRGIN ADORING THE INFANT SAVIOUR(In the Accademia, Florence)In this earliest known picture by Filippo Lippi, the painter is still entirely under the influence of his youthful training. It is just like an illuminated miniature on a large scale, and is lacking in unity of design or pictorial vision. Note the way in which the figure of the Madonna is detached from the background, without having any real plastic life; and how awkwardly the monk is placed in the corner. The rocky landscape, with its steep perspective, is still quite in the spirit of the early primitives, although certain realistic details, like the cut-down tree-stump behind the Virgin, and the reflection of the sky in the water, show his loving observation of Nature. The picture was for a long time attributed to Masaccio's master, Masolino.
Reviews
This book contains several of Fra Lippi's most important works with somewhat aged commentary explaining significant aspects. It is not merely pictures. It is not exhaustive. The facsimiles are of reasonably quality but are not excellent. This was valuable to me because it was the only Lippi book available on the Kindle store and because the fairly detailed explanations of iconography.I would compare this against what is on offer. At least at the time of my purchase there were no exhaustive books with Lippi images available on the Kindle Store.