Geological forms and rocky environments assert their own visual, spatial, and material agency in paintings by Filippo Lippi, Filippino Lippi, Sandro Botticelli, and Vittore Carpaccio. Situating these lithic landscapes at the intersection of local quarries, the built environment, early geophysics, and literary and philosophical thought, this talk posits that these transitional topographies are dynamic protagonists—in-between spaces—that embody the strenuous labor of both extraction and invisible, on-going processes of spiritual and material conversion. Quarries, together with the temporal dimensions of stone they adduce, provide insights into artistic engagement with the genesis of worlds.
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