Madonna and Child with Angels by Fra Filippo Lippi

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Exhibited at Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, ca. 1455
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Opinion: I was drawn to this painting when we first studied it. The gentle softness of the Madonna moved me and I found the representation of her as a beautiful new mother to be unparalleled. The mood Lippi creates as she looks down upon the Christ child is both tender and delicate. 

Theory: The Madonna and Child with Angels was painted by Fra Filippo Lippi in 1455 during the Renaissance. The painting depicts a humanized madonna and Christ child with a realistic background. A wonderfully fluid line unifies the composition and contributes to the precise and smooth delineation of forms. “Whatever ideals of spiritual perfection may have meant to artists in past centuries, Renaissance artists realized such ideals in terms of the sensuous beauty of this world” (Gardner Page 623).