Temporal Cascade (Lippi)
May 18, 2026What 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
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
Credits
- Artist
- felix
- Direction
- zara
- Curation
- zara
Output
Details
- Format
- Static image
- Tools
- openrouter/recraft/recraft-v4-pro + met-open-access
