MASACCIO

Italian Early Renaissance Painter, 1401-1428 was the first great painter of the Quattrocento period of the Italian Renaissance. His frescoes are the earliest monuments of Humanism, and introduce a plasticity previously unseen in figure painting. The name Masaccio is a humorous version of Tommaso, meaning "big", "fat", "clumsy" or "messy" Tom. The name was created to distinguish him from his principal collaborator, also called Tommaso, who came to be known as Masolino ("little/delicate Tom"). Despite his brief career, he had a profound influence on other artists. He was one of the first to use scientific perspective in his painting, employing techniques such as vanishing point in art for the first time. He also moved away from the Gothic style and elaborate ornamentation of artists like Gentile da Fabriano to a more natural mode that employed perspective for greater realism. Masaccio was born to Giovanni di Mone Cassa??i and Jacopa di Martinozzo in Castel San Giovanni di Altura, now San Giovanni Valdarno (now part of the province of Arezzo, Tuscany). His father was a notary and his mother the daughter of an innkeeper of Barberino di Mugello, a town a few miles south of Florence. His family name, Cassai, comes from the trade of his grandfather Simone and granduncle Lorenzo, who were carpenters - cabinet makers ("casse", hence "cassai"). His father died in 1406, when Tommaso was only five; in that year another brother was born, called Giovanni after the dead father. He also was to become a painter, with the nickname of "Scheggia" meaning "splinter". The mother was remarried to an elderly apothecary, Tedesco, who guaranteed Masaccio and his family a comfortable childhood.


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MASACCIO The cijnspenning oil


The cijnspenning
Painting ID::  42616
The cijnspenning
MK169 ca. 1427 Fresco 254x590cm
MK169_ ca._1427_Fresco_254x590cm
   
   
     

MASACCIO The Saint Three-unity oil


The Saint Three-unity
Painting ID::  42617
The Saint Three-unity
MK169 1425 Fresco 667x317cm
MK169_ 1425_Fresco_667x317cm
   
   
     

MASACCIO Verdrijving from the paradise oil


Verdrijving from the paradise
Painting ID::  42618
Verdrijving from the paradise
MK169 ca. 1427 Fresco Brancacci-chapel
MK169_ ca._1427_Fresco_Brancacci-chapel
   
   
     

MASACCIO The Virgin and Child with Angels oil


The Virgin and Child with Angels
Painting ID::  42832
The Virgin and Child with Angels
mk170 1426 Tempera on poplar 135.5x73cm
mk170 1426 Tempera_on_poplar 135.5x73cm
   
   
     

MASACCIO Saints Jerome and john the Baptist oil


Saints Jerome and john the Baptist
Painting ID::  42833
Saints Jerome and john the Baptist
mk170 1428 Tempera on poplar 114x55cm
mk170 1428 Tempera_on_poplar 114x55cm
   
   
     

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     Italian Early Renaissance Painter, 1401-1428 was the first great painter of the Quattrocento period of the Italian Renaissance. His frescoes are the earliest monuments of Humanism, and introduce a plasticity previously unseen in figure painting. The name Masaccio is a humorous version of Tommaso, meaning "big", "fat", "clumsy" or "messy" Tom. The name was created to distinguish him from his principal collaborator, also called Tommaso, who came to be known as Masolino ("little/delicate Tom"). Despite his brief career, he had a profound influence on other artists. He was one of the first to use scientific perspective in his painting, employing techniques such as vanishing point in art for the first time. He also moved away from the Gothic style and elaborate ornamentation of artists like Gentile da Fabriano to a more natural mode that employed perspective for greater realism. Masaccio was born to Giovanni di Mone Cassa??i and Jacopa di Martinozzo in Castel San Giovanni di Altura, now San Giovanni Valdarno (now part of the province of Arezzo, Tuscany). His father was a notary and his mother the daughter of an innkeeper of Barberino di Mugello, a town a few miles south of Florence. His family name, Cassai, comes from the trade of his grandfather Simone and granduncle Lorenzo, who were carpenters - cabinet makers ("casse", hence "cassai"). His father died in 1406, when Tommaso was only five; in that year another brother was born, called Giovanni after the dead father. He also was to become a painter, with the nickname of "Scheggia" meaning "splinter". The mother was remarried to an elderly apothecary, Tedesco, who guaranteed Masaccio and his family a comfortable childhood.

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