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How did Fra Filippo Lippi make the figures in the Barbadori Altarpiece resemble sculptural reliefs?
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Fra Filippo Lippi
Madonna and Child, tempera on poplar panel by Fra Filippo Lippi, c. 1440; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 79 Ć 51.1 cm.
In the Barbadori Altarpiece (1437), Fra Filippo Lippi achieved the pictorial effect of bas-relief by emphasizing the use of lines. This technique allowed his figures to resemble the sculptural reliefs created by his contemporaries, Donatello and Jacopo della Quercia.1
While the influence of Masaccio remains evident in the work, Lippi absorbed it into a distinct style that utilized these linear elements to create a sense of three-dimensional depth and form.1