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LIPPI, Filippino: Crucifixion of St Philip

🖼 Crucifixion of St Philip, 1487-1502
Fresco
Florence, Italy

Violent diagonal lines and muscular bodies convey St. Philip's brutal inverted crucifixion against architectural backdrop. Lippi's dramatic composition demonstrates early Renaissance mastery of human anatomy and emotional intensity within religious narrative.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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