nner that could inspire awe and reverence, as well as please the eye of the viewers. The two artists resort to heavy stylization, in both setting and depiction of human and heavenly beings, and this seems to be typical of the fifteenth century as well.
2 a Filippo Lippi's Annunciation and Seven Saints are shaped as if they would be fitted into the space below a vaulted arch in a church. They were probably placed over doorways, because if there was a whole wall available, it is much more likely that the arch and the rest of the wall would have been filled with a single composition.
2 b Since the observer would be looking at the two pictures from below, Lippi has angled the floors of the two compositions sharply forward. This makes the entire room visible in the Annunciation and brings the sa
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