Who said beauty is skin deep? In the Renaissance, good looks and pale skin signaled interior virtue and purity. Fra Fillippo Lippi, Portrait of a Man ... by Dr. David Drogin and Dr. Beth Harris
Proficient in anatomy and perspective, artists aimed at complex poses, ideal beauty—and spiritual transcendence. Toward the High Renaissance, an introduction by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
For all its symbols of holiness, this painting revels in mischief—and in sheer beauty. Fra Filippo Lippi, Madonna and Child with ... by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker