Dimensions
250 x 290 x 35mm
Fra Filippo Lippi (c.1406-1469) was one of the greatest artists of early Renaissance Italy. A pioneer of psychological realism, he developed unique and daring means of representation, discarding medieval traditions about the role of colour in painting. His intensity personal, richly expressive characters are a compelling revelation of Renaissance attitudes towards human experience.
Jeffrey Ruda's 'Fra Filippo Lippi: Life and Work, with a Complete Catalogue', published in 1993, was the first full-scale study of Lippi to emerge for many years, and provided an important reassessment of the artist. In this abridged edition, the authoritative 'Life and Work is published as a self-contained monograph with 177 beautiful colour plates that illustrate nearly all Lippi's works. In eleven chapters the author provides a detailed and well-documented account of what is known of Lippi and his turbulent life, and also provides a penetrating analysis of the paintings and their place in the development of Renaissance art. The notes, bibliography and indexes of the original edition have been retained, while the Catalog has been abbreviated to form a summary checklist. In this way an important, detailed and richly illustrated work of scholarship on one of the major figures of the early Renaissance is made available to a new and wider audience.
