Masaccio

American  

[mah-saht-chaw, muh-sah-chee-oh] / mɑˈsɑt tʃɔ, məˈsɑ tʃiˌoʊ /

noun

1. Tommaso Guidi, 1401–28?, Italian painter.

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Masaccio British  

/ maˈzattʃo /

noun

1. original name Tommaso Guidi. 1401–28, Florentine painter. He was the first to apply to painting the laws of perspective discovered by Brunelleschi. His chief work is the frescoes in the Brancacci chapel in the church of Sta. Maria del Carmine, Florence

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Example Sentences

The use of linear perspective had been a “secret” known to the ancient Greeks and Romans but lost and then “rediscovered” by the Florentine architect Filippo Brunelleschi, whose drawings inspired Masaccio.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, Masaccio and Leon Battista Alberti were establishing the rules of perspective.

From Washington Post • May 12, 2022

It reproduces a shivering man depicted in a fresco, "Baptism of the Neophytes", by Masaccio.

From Reuters • Apr. 5, 2022

In 1436, when Luca was in his mid-30s, Leon Battista Alberti ranked him one of the five most inventive Florentines, along with Brunelleschi, Donatello, Lorenzo Ghiberti and Masaccio.

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2016

Here is the difference between Brunelleschi’s studies and Masaccio’s painting: Brunelleschi was representing reality; Masaccio is representing an imaginary space.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton