Chapter 21-The Renaissance In Quattrocento Italy (post 1)

One of my favorites from Chapter 21 is Madonna and Child with Angels by Fra Filippo Lippi. I really found the picture to be, aside from its spiritual elements, rather realistic. I actually like to look at it as two paintings: one is of Mary, Jesus, and the angels; the other is of the windowed landscape n behind the characters. Another interesting aspect of the painting actually comes, not from the painting itself, but from the possible inspirations Mary and Jesus; I find it quite interesting that the characters could possibly be portraits of the artist's mistress and their child.

Fra Filippo Lippi, Madonna and Child with Angels, ca 1460-1465. Renaissance