https://padlet.com/mmancino25/cgd9754y3e297hxf en-us 2021-10-15 15:38:14 UTC 2026-01-30 14:26:38 UTC hello@padlet.com mmancino25 https://padlet.com/mmancino25/cgd9754y3e297hxf/wish/1819964969 Masaccio was born on December 21, 1401, in the Tuscan Province called Arrezo, (Now called San Giovanni Valderno) which was about 40 miles Southeast of Florence.  Masaccio's birth name was Tommaso di Giovanni di Simone Guidi. It is not known what artist Masaccio studied and trained with. This is a crucial problem for an understanding of the him because in the Renaissance, art was learned through imitation (individuality in the workshop was discouraged) The student would copy the master’s style until it became his own. Knowing who taught Masaccio would reveal a lot about his artistic style and his earliest work. Masaccio was one of the first artists to use perspective in his paintings, which many artists in the Renaissance had not quite mastered. Masaccio's weighty, dignified treatment of the human figure and his clear and orderly depiction of space, atmosphere, and light seemed to be followed by the early 14th century painter Giotto. Masaccio followed Giotto's painting style and made it seem more realistic by using Filippo Brunelleschi's one point perspective strategy. Unfortunately, not much is known about Masaccio is known from his birth until January 27, 1422, where it is documented that Masaccio joined the Florentine Arte dei Medici e Speziali, the guild to which painters belonged. Masaccio died in 1428 due to unknown causes at the age of 26.
(Brittanica)]]> 2021-10-15 15:57:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mmancino25/cgd9754y3e297hxf/wish/1819964969 mmancino25 https://padlet.com/mmancino25/cgd9754y3e297hxf/wish/1819983019 His father's name was Ser Giovanni di Mone Cassai, and his mother's name was Monna Iacopa. Masaccio had a brother named Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi, who was also a painter that called himself Io Scheggia.(The Splinter) 
(Brittanica)]]> 2021-10-15 16:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mmancino25/cgd9754y3e297hxf/wish/1819983019 mmancino25 https://padlet.com/mmancino25/cgd9754y3e297hxf/wish/1824663383 From 1425 to 1427, Masaccio painted frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel in Florence with another well known painter named Masolino. However, Masolino had abandoned the job leaving Masaccio to finish the rest of the frescoes. A well discussed question in the 19th and 20th century was which frescoes were painted by who.  It is now generally known that Masaccio was responsible for the following sections: the Expulsion of Adam and Eve (or Expulsion from Paradise), Baptism of the Neophytes, The Tribute Money, St. Peter Enthroned, St. Peter Healing the Sick with His Shadow, St. Peter Distributing Alms, and part of the Resurrection of the Son of Theophilus. Masaccio's paintings revealed his dramatic, volumetric, and expansive style. For example, the shapes of Adam and Eve in Masaccio's Expulsion of Adam and Eve are constructed with strongly differentiated areas of light and dark that give them a pronounced three-dimensional sense of relief. Masaccio's style and concept have since been used centuries after his frescoes were made by Western painters. The chapel remained unfinished until later completed by a third artist, Filipino Lipi, who finished the frescoes in 1480 after Masaccio's death. (World History-ABC Clio)]]> 2021-10-18 16:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mmancino25/cgd9754y3e297hxf/wish/1824663383 mmancino25 https://padlet.com/mmancino25/cgd9754y3e297hxf/wish/1832100592 Another one of Masaccio's few masterpieces was The Holy Trinity with The Virgin and St. John, a fresco in the Santa Maria Novella Church. Perhaps Masaccio's greatest and most impressive fresco, he began working on it in 1427, and was Masaccio's last work in Florence. As seen above, the fresco represents the Christian Trinity of The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, as well as two donors who kneel before him in a barrel-vaulted hall. The structure of Masaccio's fresco was influenced by architect Filippo Brunelleschi, who based his space off a central vanishing point. This helped enhance Masaccio's perspective, and make his art seem more realistic.(Auffenburg)]]> 2021-10-21 01:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mmancino25/cgd9754y3e297hxf/wish/1832100592 mmancino25 https://padlet.com/mmancino25/cgd9754y3e297hxf/wish/1832151618 2021-10-21 01:45:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mmancino25/cgd9754y3e297hxf/wish/1832151618 mmancino25 https://padlet.com/mmancino25/cgd9754y3e297hxf/wish/1832190848 Masaccio's first known work was the San Goivenale Tryptich, painted on April 23, 1422. It was commissioned by the Vanni Castellani family of Florence and originally remained in the church of San Lorenzo, before being moved to San Giovenale. It was designed as an altarpiece for a secondary chapel of the church, with the  scene of the Virgin and Child on the central panel. On the left panel are Saint Bartholomew and Saint Blaise, and on the right panel are Saint Antony and Saint Juvenal (or San Giovenale). Another important painting made by Masaccio was the Madonna and Child with St Anne, painted from 1424-1425. The painting is again assumed to be a collaboration with Masolino. It originally was in the church of San Ambrogio in Florence right next to the entrance of the nuns' quarters. Masaccio's style of perspective and exactness are deeply shown in the painting, as well as Masolino's gothic style.]]> 2021-10-21 02:01:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mmancino25/cgd9754y3e297hxf/wish/1832190848 mmancino25 https://padlet.com/mmancino25/cgd9754y3e297hxf/wish/1832222498 After Masaccio's six year painting career, he never had any pupils or a wrokshop to carry on his style. However, many of the paintings in Florence influenced many future generations of artists. The major Florentine painters of the mid-15th century—Filippo Lippi, Fra Angelico, Andrea del Castagno, and Piero della Francesca—were all inspired by the realism of Masaccio’s art. Masaccio also inspired the great artists like Leonardo Da Vinci, Michaelangelo, and Raphael, who used Masaccio's style 75 years after his death. To this day, Masaccio still inspires many Western and European painters with his humanity and emphasis.]]> 2021-10-21 02:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mmancino25/cgd9754y3e297hxf/wish/1832222498 mmancino25 https://padlet.com/mmancino25/cgd9754y3e297hxf/wish/1833957197 2021-10-21 15:37:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mmancino25/cgd9754y3e297hxf/wish/1833957197 mmancino25 https://padlet.com/mmancino25/cgd9754y3e297hxf/wish/1836562302 2021-10-22 15:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mmancino25/cgd9754y3e297hxf/wish/1836562302 mmancino25 https://padlet.com/mmancino25/cgd9754y3e297hxf/wish/1836572085 The painter name Masaccio means Clumsy Tom in English.]]> 2021-10-22 15:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mmancino25/cgd9754y3e297hxf/wish/1836572085