Fra Filippo Lippi the Carmelite Painter - Megan Holmes
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Widely admired for his paintings of exquisitely beautiful Madonnas, Florentine Renaissance friar-artist Fra Filippo Lippi (c. 1406-69) gained renown also for his love affair with the nun Lucrezia who bore their son, Filippino Lippi, later a well-known painter himself. In this beautiful and compelling book, Megan Holmes shines new light on Lippi's life and career, from the first paintings he created while a friar in Santa Maria del Carmine to the later works he painted when living outside the monastery for the Medici family, their supporters, and other patrons. Focusing especially on the fascinating conjunction of Lippi's work as a painter and his experiences as a Carmelite friar, Holmes transforms our understanding of Filippo Lippi and of the way art was produced and viewed in fifteenth-century Florence. Unlike most monastic artists, Fra Filippo learned to paint only after joining a religious order. In the first section of the book, the author considers how the doctrines, rules, rituals, and practices of the ...
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1999Uitgever: Yale University Press312 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0300081049ISBN-13: 9780300081046Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Fra Filippo Lippi the Carmelite Painter Hardcover with dustwrapper, 300 x 260 mm, 312 pp, very fine condition; Book condition: As New; Binding: Hardcover [Auteur: Holmes, Megan] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Yale University Press] [Jaar: 1999] [Titel: Fra Filippo Lippi the Carmelite Painter]
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Original boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, numerous (full page) colour and b/w illustrations, 4to.; Some small damages inside, verso dust jacket foxed along the edges. [Auteur: Holmes, Megan] [Pagina's: 301] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Yale University Press] [Jaar: 1999] [Titel: Fra Filippo Lippi: the Carmelite Painter]
