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 Virgin and Child oil painting


The Virgin and Child
1426, National Gallery London
Painting ID::  9841
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The Virgin and Child
1426, National Gallery London
   
   
     

MASACCIO Profile Portrait of a Young Man wg oil painting


Profile Portrait of a Young Man wg
1425 Wood National Gallery of Art, Washington
Painting ID::  8077
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Profile Portrait of a Young Man wg
1425 Wood National Gallery of Art, Washington
   
   
     

MASACCIO Madonna and Child with St. Anne s oil painting


Madonna and Child with St. Anne s
c. 1424 Tempera on panel, 175 x 103 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Painting ID::  8078
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Madonna and Child with St. Anne s
c. 1424 Tempera on panel, 175 x 103 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
   
   
     

MASACCIO St Paul sgy oil painting


St Paul sgy
1426 Tempera on wood, 51 x 30 cm Museo Nazionale, Pisa
Painting ID::  8079
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St Paul sgy
1426 Tempera on wood, 51 x 30 cm Museo Nazionale, Pisa
   
   
     

MASACCIO Plate of Nativity (Berlin Tondo) sg oil painting


Plate of Nativity (Berlin Tondo) sg
1427-28 Tempera on wood, diameter 56 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Painting ID::  8080
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Plate of Nativity (Berlin Tondo) sg
1427-28 Tempera on wood, diameter 56 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin
   
   
     

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     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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