Italy, 1456. The Renaissance is in glorious bloom. A Carmelite monk, the great artist Fra Filippo Lippi acts as chaplain to the nuns of the Convent Santa Margherita. It is here that he encounters the
Collects nine essays exploring the blossoming of artistic brotherhoods groups of artists bound together in communal production and, at least in principle, sharing spiritual and aesthetic aims. Focusi
