The Characteristics of Florentine Painting as Reflected in the Work of Masaccio

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The Characteristics of Florentine Painting as Reflected in the Work of Masaccio

The Italian Renaissance was one of the most productive periods in the history of art, with large numbers of outstanding masters to be found in many centres and in all the major fields painting, sculpture, and architecture. In Florence, in the first half of the fifteenth century, there were great innovators in all these fields, whose work marked a beginning of a new era in the history of art. These innovators included Masaccio in painting,

It was Masaccio (1401-28) who, in his brief and amazing career, was the real successor of Giotto and revolutionized Florentine painting.
He too gave his figures a grave and noble dignity. His frescoes in the
Brancacci Chapel of the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence did much to determine the course of painting from that time on.

There are eight main classical characteristics of Florentine art, which are displayed by both Masaccio and other artists are clearly displayed in a variety of paintings of which I shall go into more detail of three of them, although I will briefly refer to the other eight for a wider knowledge and understanding of the revelation of the
Florentine work from the fifteen century. There is a greater anatomical study to produce a higher standard of naturalism of figures this is displayed my Masaccio in the baptism of Christ. Light is exploited to give a sense of volumes to the figures; this is depicted in the Masaccio’s Peter hea...

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