filippino lippi
Renaissance artist!
Bio!
- Born in Prato around 1457-exact date unknown
- Spent most of his life in Florence, but moved around to Rome, Prato and Venice for inspiration
- learned under Botticelli and followed his teachings closely
- He did most of his paintings in Florence, but moved around to paint several cathedral domes
- was relatively wealthy
- Some art was commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici
Famous works:
Madonna and child
Vision of Saint Bernard
Meeting of Joachim and Anne before the Golden Gate in Jerusalem
"Isms"
Perspectivism:
Uses perspective in all three paintings
adds depth
Classicism:
Columns and architecture
Classical subjects
Humanism:
all three painting focus on people
Vision of Saint Bernard
- Created 1485-90
- Original painting in located in lourve
- copies can be found worldwide and online
- Used then-new oil paints
- Shows incredible detail
- painting is filled with different things happening
- Saint bernard is surrounded by a group of angels
- There is a sketchy "dark priest" in the corner
- There appear to be several people looking for them on the top
- perspectivism: Shows incredible perspective and detail
- (Religious)Naturalism: Depict nature and religious figures
- The piece is interesting because there is so much going on
- There is a whole story being told by all the people in the painting
- Covers a broad spectrum of things like the religion nature and architecture
Citations
"Autoritratto (Filippino Lippi)." - Wikipedia. Filippino Lippi, n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2015.
"Filippino Lippi." International Dictionary of Art and Artists. Gale, 1990. Biography in Context. Web. 3 Dec. 2015.
"Filippino Lippi." Artstor. Artstor, n.d. Web. 3 Dec. 2015.