Madonna and Child with Two Angels

Madonna and Child with Two Angels. Fra Filippo Lippi. c. 1465 C.E. Tempera on wood.

• DEVELOPED A LINEAR STYLE THAT EMPHASIZE THE CONTOURS OF HIS FIGURES AND ENABLED HIM TO SUGGEST MOVEMENT THROUGH SURVIVING DRAPERY
• VIRGIN SITS IN PRAYER AT A SLIGHT ANGLE TO THE VIEWER; HER BODY CASTS A SHADOW; LINES UNIFY THE COMPOSITION
• BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN; HUMANIZATION OF TYPICAL RELIGIOUS THEMES