Download or read book Virtue and Beauty written by David Alan Brown and published by . This book was released on 2003-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of paintings, sculpture, medals and drawings celebrates the flowering of female portraiture, mainly in Florence, during the latter half of the 15th century. Included are portraits of women (and some men) by Filippo Lippi, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci.