Excerpt from Filippo Lippi<br><br>Charming legend, that was originally sug gested by the expression Of the painter's personality in his art, and has been handed down from generation to generation, had to be shelved as dusty archives yielded new knowledge Of indisputable prosaic facts to the diligent searcher. Whilst the serious student owes a debt Of deep gratitude to those who devote their time and labour to the investigation Of documentary evidence, and to establishing critical standards for the sifting Of the great masters' works from those Of their followers and imitators, the elimination Of romance from the history Of art is a hindrance rather than a help to the ordinary person who cares not a jot about morphological characteristics, but loves nevertheless to Spend an hour now and then in communion with the Old masters. For him, paradoxical though it may seem, there is more significant truth in many an entirely.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.