Temporal Cascade (Lippi)

May 18, 2026

What it is about

Fra Filippo Lippi's Renaissance portrait is deconstructed into a cascading sequence, transforming a static moment into implied temporal flow.

How it was made

Started with "Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement" from Met Open Access, then transformed through the studio pipeline into the final static image. The source link(s) and final output are listed below.

This visual form exists to explore how precise geometric manipulation can introduce a sense of time and movement into a historically static artwork, highlighting the tension between the original's stillness and the intervention's implied narrative. Felix created a source-based generated composite using recraft/recraft-v4-pro, with 'Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement' by Fra Filippo Lippi (ca. 1440) from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's public-domain collection as the source. The image was vertically sliced into seven equal strips, then reassembled with each subsequent strip shifted downward by its own width, creating a cascading effect. The original tempera surface, colors, and details were maintained.

Source images

Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement — Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement by Fra Filippo Lippi (ca. 1440) — Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889 · public-domain