Masaccio

[ mah-saht-chaw; English muh-sah-chee-oh ]

noun

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

Masaccio

/ maˈzattʃo /

noun

1. Masaccio14011428MItalianFlorentineARTS AND CRAFTS: painter 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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Masaccio Sir Joshua considers to have been "one of the great fathers of modern art."

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Masaccio's work was well known; Raffaelle was not ashamed to have borrowed.

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The picture was for a long time attributed to Masaccio's master, Masolino.

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He may be regarded as the last direct inheritor of the traditions of Masaccio.

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This portrait was formerly ascribed in the Official Catalogue to Masaccio.

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