FILE: 25_Madonna_and_Child_Fra_Filippo_Lippi.jpg

TITLE: PAINTING - Madonna and Child - EARLY ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

DESCRIPTION: Painting by monk FRA FILIPPO LIPPI. Inspired by Masaccio's frescoes in Brancacci chapel. Figures not stereotyped - he used models. CLASSICAL. HUMANIZATION OF SACRED FIGURE. He was an "amiable scapegrace" - likeable bad guy - forger, embezzler; kidnapped Lucretia, a nun and had a child, FILIPPINO. They are both portrayed in painting. Landscape in window behind her identifies her according to her locale. FILIPPO TAUGHT BOTICELLI.