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Fra Filippo Lippi: Life and Work Paperback – September 16, 1999

by Jeffrey Ruda (Author)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
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Fra Filippo Lippi (c.1406-69) is one of the greatest artists of the early Renaissance in 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 intensely personal, richly expressive characters are a compelling revelation of Renaissance attitudes towards human experience.

Jeffrey Ruda's work, first published in 1993, was the first full-scale study of Lippi to be published for many years, and provided an important reassessment of his life and work. It also attempted to define the nature of Lippi's greatness as a portrayer of the subtleties of human feeling, and to place his achievement in the wider context of early Renaissance art.

Ruda's landmark survey - still an invaluable work of reference - is now being reissued in an abridged paperback format, so that those who do not require the full art-historical analysis of the original catalogue section can enjoy its beautiful colour plates and fascinating narrative text at an amazingly competitive price.

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  1. Print length
    352 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Phaidon Press
  4. Publication date
    September 16, 1999
  5. Grade level
    8 and up
  6. Reading age
    13 years and up
  7. Dimensions
    10 x 1.38 x 11.5 inches
  8. ISBN-10
    0714838896
  9. ISBN-13
    978-0714838892
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Fra Filippo Lippi (1406-1469), an Italian Renaissance artist, was a pioneer of psychological realism. An abridged edition of the 1993 full-scale study of Lippi, this volume presents the full catalogue abbreviated to a reference checklist. The narrative remains largely unchanged.

About the Author

Jeffrey Ruda is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of California, Davis.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Phaidon Press; Subsequent edition (September 16, 1999)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0714838896
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0714838892
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 8 and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.87 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10 x 1.38 x 11.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Retired Don
5.0 out of 5 stars If you can find a good second-hand copy, snap it up!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 20, 2020
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This is simply terrific, wonderfully produced, very readable -- and contains all of Ruda's massive HB book that is likely to be of interest to anyone but a research student in art history.
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ALTEREGO
5.0 out of 5 stars 大きなサイズでじっくり見たいならお勧め
Reviewed in Japan on April 3, 2015
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　手を描くのは得意ではない（あるいは重視してなかった）画家の画集です。なぜか好きなので奮発して購入しました。高価すが、価格だけの内容はあるように思います。あちこちの美術館で見てきた作品に再び巡り会えました。比較的大きな書物で、厚さも岩波文庫『罪と罰』全3巻を合わせた以上（ハードカバー込み）です。絵画を写真で見ると、どうしても色彩の違いが気になりますが、本書についてはさほど気になりませんでした。
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paul wheeler
4.0 out of 5 stars Fra Filippo Lippi: Life and Work, with a complete catalogue
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 19, 2015
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This is an excellent volume, with a wealth of information on the man’s works and it's context, but not too much not on the man himself.
There is one thing I would draw to your attention as a potential buyer and that is that the catalogue section of this book contains black and white, rather than colour, plates. With the three figure price, therefore, I feel I have to dock one star. The Phaidon website does give further details.
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Estevão José Varela Cid
5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT RENAISSANCE PAINTER!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 17, 2015
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A very fine book-catalogue about a Renaissance painter whose work I knew not quite well. After seeing and reeding this book, I have a wider idea about his life and work, his painting stile, his influences and the fact that he had been an artist as well as a fryer.
In short: a very fine book, not too expensive and a great contribution for my collection of books and catalogues about Renaissance painting.
Very satisfied!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A genuine Renaissance master
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 12, 2021
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Nobody painted Madonnas quite like great fra Filippo Lippi!
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