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In this fascinating book, Fra Carnevale—heretofore a mysterious, quasi-legendary figure—emerges as a well-defined and pivotal artist in Renaissance Florence. In presenting their case, the authors take the reader from the workshop of Filippo Lippi in Florence to Urbino, capital of Federico da Montefeltro’s duchy in the region of the Marches. It was a road most memorably traveled by Piero della Francesca, who worked in Florence in 1439 and became Federico’s favorite artist. This book shows that other lesser known artists like Fra Carnevale also took the same path.

Among the many other artists—painters and sculptors—crucial to Fra Carnevale’s formation and discussed in this volume are Domenico Veneziano, Luca della Robbia, Pesellino, and Agostino di Duccio. Essays by Keith Christiansen, Andrea De Marchi, and Matteo Ceriana and a documentary appendix by Andrea Di Lorenzo and Matteo Mazzalupi transform our knowledge of this exciting moment in the history of Renaissance art.
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A complete study!!
This book is THE definitive guide for anyone interested in Lippi. It not only is of stunning quality in terms of all the pictures photographs, but it is incredibly detailed with an incredible amount of information. A must read for any renaissance artist lover.

a true master
A must for anyone that enjoys religious/mystical art.

Filippo Lippi's work has a great deal of depth and his use of colour is magical. He was a true master and visionary. ... Read more

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This beautiful and compelling book shines new light on Fra Filippo Lippi`s life and career, from his first paintings as a friar to later works painted outside the monastery for the Medicis and other patrons. Focusing on the fascinating conjunction of Lippi`s work as a painter and his experiences as a Carmelite friar, Megan Holmes transforms our understanding of the artist and of art in fifteenth-century Florence. ... Read more

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Fra Lippo Lippi
A brillant effort: beautiful reproductions with informative, well written, and sensative text. It is the best book on Fra Lippi I have seen. I wish however that the number of full page reproductions had been at least tripled and the text abridged. I was frustrated by page after page of postcard size reproductions surrounded by text. I purchase art books for the pictures not the words.

Mistakes
Giovanni di Francesco de CREVELLERIA was an architect of the Seventeenth Century. He erected Galileo's tomb in Santa Croce.

Lippi's assistant was not this Crevelleria but Giovanni di Francesco da ROVEZZANO ( J. Ruda) [1439 -1459]. A predella hangs in the Louvre, beside Lippi's Madonna . Da Rovezzano's masterpiece can be admired in the Casa Buonarroti, Firenze.

The Carmelite Saints in the cathedral of Santo Stefano, in Prato, were painted by Fra Diamante, not by Lippi (see Mannini: The Restoration of Lippi's Nativita, 1998).

Like Vasari, Milanesi's editions have been accepted as the norm for several decades (Vasari's for several centuries).

The Definitive Lippi Study
Holmes' book looks like a sumptuous coffee table art book and is a splendid example of a well produced one. The contents, in addition to the excellent illustrations, add up to an exhaustive and definitive study of Lippi's life and work by setting him firmly in the detailed religious and social context of his time and place. All of the artistic influences on his life are thoroughly catalogued. The significance of Florence's Santa Maria del Carmine is well documented, since it was the site of Lippi'a artistic training as well as his religious formation, and the lasting Carmelite infuences on Lippi's great works are described in great detail. Many historical misconceptions are corrected: Lippi was no orphan; he apparantly never severed completely his membership in the Carmelite Order. There is so much detail in this marvelous book, I wanted more informatoin about what happened to Lucrezia Buti and her son and daughter. They look out at the viewer from more than one of Lippi's masterpieces, as does he. This wonderful study connects us to their rich and complex lives, and the artistic treasures produced. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Renaissance Quarterly, published by Renaissance Society of America on June 22, 2002. The length of the article is 708 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Fra Filippo Lippi the Carmelite Painter. (Reviews). (book review)
Author: Susan McKillop
Publication: Renaissance Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2002
Publisher: Renaissance Society of America
Volume: 55Issue: 2Page: 697(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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This digital document is an article from Contenido, published by Editorial Contenido, S.A. de C.V. on April 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1459 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Fray Filippo Lippi, el pintor lujurioso: amo a tantas que al cabo, cuando lo alcanzo la furia vengadora de una amante despechada, ni siquiera recordaba el nombre de la implacable mujer. (Los Creadores).(Biografia)
Author: Mary Lou Dabdoub A.
Publication: Contenido (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2003
Publisher: Editorial Contenido, S.A. de C.V.
Page: 51(5)

Article Type: Biografia

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These two complementary volumes, Fra Filippo Lippi the Carmelite Painter and Siena and the Virgin: Art and Politics in a Late Medieval City State, are available for the first time as a set. The beautiful and compelling book, Fra Filippo Lippi the Carmelite Painter, shines new light on Fra Filippo Lippi's life and career, from his first paintings as a friar to later works painted outside the monastery for the Medicis and other patrons. Focusing on the fascinating conjunction of Lippi's work as a painter and his experiences as a Carmelite friar, Megan Holmes transforms our understanding of the artist and of art in fifteenth-century Florence. Siena and the Virgin: Art and Politics in a Late Medieval City State is a richly illustrated book that explores late medieval Sienese art and its celebration of the Virgin Mary as both an object of religious affection and a focus of civic pride. The author examines how art was created, commissioned, and understood by the citizens of Siena and the surrounding contado, and she offers a new understanding of Marian art and its political function as an expression of civic ideology.

173 B&W + 270 color illustrations ... Read more