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Artist a Day:  Tommaso Masaccio

Artist a day! TOMMASO MASACCIO  (1401-1428)   Masaccio was one of the first masters to use the rules of scientific perspective in his artworks. He was the greatest and most visionary painter of the Early Renaissance. 

Tempera on wood panel,  108 x 65 cm, 1422

St. Juvenal Triptych

Masaccio's Works

21 x 61 cm, 1428

Adoration of the Kings

Masaccio's Works

Masaccio, born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, was a Florentine artist considered the first great Italian painter of the Quattrocento.

21 x 61 cm, 1426

Martyrdom of San Giovanni Battista

Masaccio's Works

Rarely has such a brief life been so crucial to art history. In only six years, Masaccio transformed  Florentine painting.

Tempera on Panel, 24 x 18 cm, 1426

Madonna Casini

Masaccio's Works

83 x 63 cm, 1426

Crucifixion

Masaccio's Works

His art ultimately allowed the creation of many of the significant conceptual and stylistic bases of Western painting.

Fresco, 230 x 162 cm, 1427

St. Peter Healing the Sick with his Shadow

Masaccio's Works

Masaccio employed techniques to create realistic figures and spatial depth, such as linear perspective, foreshortening, and chiaroscuro.

Wood, 1425

Portrait of a Young Man

Masaccio's Works

Masaccio showed an actual knowledge of these techniques in 'The Trinity' and believed his masterpiece systematically used linear perspective.

Fresco, 255 x 162 cm, 1427

Baptism of the Neophytes

Masaccio's Works

Masaccio died at the age of twenty-six.

247 x 597 cm, 1425

Il Tributo della Moneta Fresco

Masaccio's Works

Fresco, 667 x 317 cm, 1428

The Holy Trinity

Masaccio's Works

“I was once that which you are, and what I am you will also be.” 

Famous Quote by  Tommaso Masaccio

Fresco, 214 x 90 cm, 1427

Adam and Eve Banished from Paradise

Masaccio's Works

Tempera on Panel, 22 x 31 cm, 1426

Crucifixion of St. Peter

Masaccio's Works

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