Annotated Bibliography: Fra Filippo Lippi

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Annotated bibliography: Fra Filippo Lippi’s Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement

Janson, H.W. History of Art Sixth Edition. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated, 2001.

Janson, H.W. received his PhD in medieval and renaissance art from Harvard University. As a world class author and historian, Janson wrote History of Art, becoming known and cherished across the globe. His work appears to be highly credible, making it the most reliable source of information.

Mariani, Valerio. “Fra Filippo Lippi.” Encyclopedia Britannica. Accessed March 9, 2017. https:// www.britannica.com/biography/Fra-Filippo-Lippi. Coupled with the authorship of Pittori protagonisti della crisi del quattrocento; Giotto, Valerio Mariani's experience as Professor
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“Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement.” Metropolitan
Museum of Art. Accessed March 1, 2017. http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/ search/436896. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is home to the Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement by Filippo Lippi. Due to the nature of owning the only copy of the art piece and being backed up by many scholars, this source the most reliable.

National Gallery of Art. “Bridal Portrait.” National Gallery of Art. Accessed March 9, 2017.
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Barnaby Nygren received his PhD in fine arts from Harvard University and currently works at Loyola University of Maryland as the Associate Professor in Fine Arts. Although he does not specialize only in Renaissance art, his degree in fine arts and occupation suggests that he is a very reliable source of information.

Prajda, Katalin. “Coat of Arms in Fra Filippo Lippi’s Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a
Casement.” University of Chicago Press Journals 48, no. 1 (2013): 173-177. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdfplus/10.1086/675314.

Katalin Prajda received her PhD in the Department of History and Civilization at the European University Institute. At the time of her authorship of the article, she is employed at the Central European University as a contract researcher. Although she has a strong academic background, she does not specialize in Renaissance art, making her work an adequate resource.

Rubin, Patricia Lee. Renaissance Portrait: From Donatello to Bellini. New York: Metropolitan
Museum of Art, 2011. At Google Books. https://books.google.com/books?id=iPP55b2Fk
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Receiving her B.A. from Yale, M.A. from Courtauld Institute of Art, and

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