The Painter of Souls

“No matter how stained something is, there’s always something bright underneath.” Pippo Lippi, the young Florentine who becomes the Carmelite friar Fra Filippo Lippi, has the innate gift of seeing into people’s purest selves and representing them in art. Philip Kazan’s first US-published novel is fir......more

Novel set in Florence (Filippo Lippi: “the master of presence”) A novel for lovers of art. The author takes the reader right back to the early years of 15th Century Florence, when the city and Europe were on the cusp of the Renaissance, and builds a story around the artist Fra Filippo Lippi, formerly......more

Discover the locations of The Painter of Souls Travel to and really immerse yourself in the artistic world of Florence This was based on the real life artist of Fra Filippo Lippi. Filippo was an artist who lived at the time of the Renaissance. What we experience as a reader is the wonderful birth of t......more

The lovely people at Pegasus Books sent me the book that I'll be reviewing in today's post. :-) Philip Kazan's The Painter of Souls is the fictionalized story of a real artist from the 15th century by the name of Fra' (as in Friar) Filippo Lippi. What is known about the friar is that he wasn't a pa......more

Journey to Florence for a lovely introduction to the life of Renaissance artist Fra Filipo Lippi! Author Philip Kazan has re-imagined the life of this famous painter, adding fascinating little twists and quirks of personality. Nicely written, in an easy-to-read style, sometimes in-your-face blunt st......more