Filippi Lippi, Early Italian Renaissance painter

Demonstrating the benefits of early childhood education: gorgeous Madonna and Child, 1484, in an elegant although 20th-century frame. Painted by Filippino Lippi

Begone! Saint Philip drives sweet little dragon out of v. well-decorated open-air temple of Hieropolis. Strozzi Chapel, Sta. Maria Novella, by Filippino Lippi

Some impressive attention to footgear

 Sly little look from this angel drummer by Filippino Lippi in Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, Rome

Filippino Lippi. Son of the painter Fra Filippo Lippi, & destined to follow in his father's artistic footsteps. Here by himself as a young man, 1485.

 Angel of the Annunciation, 1483

Filippino (' little Filippo') was probably born in Prato in 1457 following the elopement of his father Fra Filippo Lippi and Lucrezia Buti. Filippino was a leading Florentine exponent of the tradition of great fresco cycles, as well as an accomplished painter on panel. Filippino's father died in 1469 and he was soon in the workshop of Botticelli, who worked with Filippino on one Adoration of the Kings. A Milanese agent in Florence reported in about 1490, 'Filippino: a pupil of Botticelli and son of the most outstanding master of his time'.

Filippino's fame spread throughout Italy and he painted major series of frescoes in Rome as well as Florence. He was also a renowned painter of altarpieces, receiving commissions from Milan, Bologna and Genoa.

Perhaps through the historical misfortune of being eclipsed by the next generation, in particular by Raphael and Michelangelo, Filippino's contemporary success, greater than even that of his teacher Botticelli, is now forgotten. His sacra conversazione influenced High Renaissance artists and he can be seen as a link between the achievements of the 15th and 16th centuries.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Filippino-Lippi

Masaccio. First great painter of the Italian Renaissance.

 

San Giovenale Triptych (1422)

December 21, 1401. Masaccio (Italian: December 21, 1401 - summer 1428), born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, was the first great Italian painter of the Quattrocento period of the Italian Renaissance. According to Vasari, Masaccio was the best painter of his generation because of his skill at imitating nature, recreating lifelike figures and movements as well as a convincing sense of three-dimensionality. Masaccio died at twenty-six and little is known about the exact circumstances of his death (although it was probably the plague).

Careful, solemn Adoration of the Magi, 1426, by Masaccio, born OTD in 1401. Look at alternating red/black of men's hose, white/black of horses' (& human) legs. Also Mary's A+ folding chair.

One King having his crown removed so he can approach a greater one. Lovely moment from Masaccio.

Baby J, not looking too happy. Probably making himself sick on grapes!

The Tribute Money

Masaccio profoundly influenced the art of painting in the Renaissance. According to Vasari, all "most celebrated" Florentine "sculptors and painters" studied his frescoes extensively in order to "learn the precepts and rules for painting well." He transformed the direction of Italian painting, moving it away from the idealizations of Gothic art, and, for the first time, presenting it as part of a more profound, natural, and humanist world. Moreover, Masaccio influenced a great many artists both while he was alive and posthumously. His influence is particularly notable in the works of Florentine minor masters, such as Andrea di Giusto, Giovanni dal Ponte, and others who attempted to replicate his glowing, lifelike forms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaccio

First great painter of the Italian Renaissance: http://www.initaly.com/regions/tuscany/masaccioalbm.htm

Bernardo Daddi

 A tender moment between Madonna & child

 Bernardo Daddi, (born c. 1290, Florence?—died c. 1355, Florence?), Florentine painter of the early Italian Renaissance who was a pupil of Giotto and was influenced by Pietro Lorenzetti. Daddi’s efforts to fuse the plastic qualities of Giotto’s art with some aspects of Sienese art came to represent the dominant style of painting directly after Giotto. Daddi’s work, from the period 1328–48, ranges from Madonna images in large church altarpieces to small panels for citizens’ prayers. Though known for his technique of building up his figures with the softened weight expected of a Giotto pupil, Daddi added grace by emphasizing a curving line. His figures have a sharp, bright presence as they turn before tapestried thrones.

Madonna w/ Saints Thomas Aquinas and Paul. Lovely little triptych from 1330 by Bernardo Daddi

San Pancrazio polyptych, 1342, by Bernardo Daddi,

Saint Ursula, her 11,000 virginal pals, & a boatload of bishops arriving in Cologne. As imagined in 1330 by Bernardo Daddi

Bernardo Daddi, Crucifixion, 1335. Gold & grief.

Daddi helped to capture Giotto’s progression of art from the Iconic painting of Byzantine art into the Renaissance’s more natural forms. Though he was still an artist influenced by Ancient Roman styles; using figures with the unmistakable almond-shaped eyes and golden halos behind their heads, set in front of highly decorative, golden backdrops. This is seen in works such as his Crucifixion, painted between 1340 and 1345, where the representation is still Iconic and slightly abstract, but his Christ figure takes on the human, earthy presence of the Renaissance.

Most of his works were created with tempera on wood and he produced very few frescos. Several of his pieces are in the Uffizi Gallery, including three pieces depicting the Virgin and Child, Madonna and Child with Saints Matthew and Nicholas, Madonna and Child Enthroned, Madonna and Child with Saints and his polyptych panels from the Church of San Pancrazio. The Madonna and Child with Saints Matthew and Nicholas, originally painted for the Monastery of Ognissanti in 1328, is noted as a strong example of his style. His works are also on display at Walters Art Museum in Maryland, U.S., the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., the Gardner Museum in Boston, U.S. and in the Getty Center in Los Angeles, U.S.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bernardo-Daddi

https://www.virtualuffizi.com/bernardo-daddi.html

On this day in 1401. Masaccio, early Italian Renaissance Painter

San Giovenale Triptych (1422)

December 21, 1401. Masaccio (Italian: December 21, 1401 - summer 1428), born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, was the first great Italian painter of the Quattrocento period of the Italian Renaissance. According to Vasari, Masaccio was the best painter of his generation because of his skill at imitating nature, recreating lifelike figures and movements as well as a convincing sense of three-dimensionality. Masaccio died at twenty-six and little is known about the exact circumstances of his death (although it was probably the plague).

The Tribute Money

Masaccio profoundly influenced the art of painting in the Renaissance. According to Vasari, all "most celebrated" Florentine "sculptors and painters" studied his frescoes extensively in order to "learn the precepts and rules for painting well." He transformed the direction of Italian painting, moving it away from the idealizations of Gothic art, and, for the first time, presenting it as part of a more profound, natural, and humanist world. Moreover, Masaccio influenced a great many artists both while he was alive and posthumously. His influence is particularly notable in the works of Florentine minor masters, such as Andrea di Giusto, Giovanni dal Ponte, and others who attempted to replicate his glowing, lifelike forms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaccio

First great painter of the Italian Renaissance: http://www.initaly.com/regions/tuscany/masaccioalbm.htm