Masaccio
Sign in to saveMasaccio (, ; ; December 21, 1401 – summer 1428), born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, was a Florentine artist who is regarded as the first great Italian painter of the Quattrocento period of the Italian Renaissance. According to Vasari, Masaccio was the best painter of his generation because of his skill at imitating nature, recreating lifelike figures and movements as well as a convincing sense of three-dimensionality. He employed nudes and foreshortenings in his figures. This had seldom been done before him.
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Masaccio was a Florentine painter (1401–1428) who is considered the first great Italian painter of the Renaissance period, known for his revolutionary ability to paint lifelike figures with convincing three-dimensionality. His innovative techniques—including the use of nudes and foreshortening—were rarely attempted before him and established new standards for realistic representation in painting.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 21 December 1401
- Died
- 1428
- Works
- 22
Top works
- Masaccio e Masolino, pittori e frescanti
- Journal d'un sculpteur florentin au XVe siòcle
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- Masaccio 1422/1989
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- 9
- Total plays
- 168
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Early life
- First works
- Maturity
- Brancacci Chapel
- Works of the chapel
- ''Pisa Altarpiece''
- ''Holy Trinity''
- Other paintings
- Legacy
- Main works
- See also
- References
- External links
Masaccio (, ; ; December 21, 1401 – summer 1428), born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, was a Florentine artist who is regarded as the first great Italian painter of the Quattrocento period of the Italian Renaissance. According to Vasari, Masaccio was the best painter of his generation because of his skill at imitating nature, recreating lifelike figures and movements as well as a convincing sense of three-dimensionality. He employed nudes and foreshortenings in his figures. This had seldom been done before him.
The name Masaccio is a humorous version of Maso (short for Tommaso), meaning "clumsy" or "messy" Tom. The name may have been created to distinguish him from his principal collaborator, also called Maso, who came to be known as Masolino ("little/delicate Tom").