Rachel McCombie
Professor Cecere
Art Renaissance to Modern World
9 May 2017
Art history
Considered as one of the greatest artists of his time, Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Mone Cassai is a notable contributor of the early Renaissance including that of the Florentine. In as much as “Masaccio,” as he was referred to, died at a tender age of 27, his artistic contribution is still remembered as one of the leading arts between 13th and 14th century (Brown 56). Among Masaccio’s famous works include The Holy Trinity, The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, The Tribute of Money, and not limited to The Brancacci Chapel Frescoes.
Throughout his arts, the artist passed insightful messages to his viewers, where he focused primarily on the natural world and the man’s independence. That is the place that the man occupied in the natural world. The artist lived during the Renaissance era when the society was full of political tension. Therefore, he applied his tactical skills in painting and drawing such as demarcating his arts symmetrically to give a clear version of the general search for the ideal scientific description of the place of man in the natural world. Besides, the fact that Masaccio’s paintings closely tied with the other artists’ works, the audience of …show more content…
One of the artist’s achievements touching on the crucifixion of Christ includes Lamentation over the Dead Christ. The painting shows the body of Christ after he was killed and laid on the slab, guarded by Saint John and the Virgin Mary. Contrary to the other works during this heated political time, Lamentation over the Dead Christ is not an idealized work showing Christ’s portrait, rather, the cangiante that the artist applies in the paint gives it a morbid and cold realism. The style that the artist chose to use in this paint also shouts the three-dimensionality of the
Professor Cecere
Art Renaissance to Modern World
9 May 2017
Art history
Considered as one of the greatest artists of his time, Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Mone Cassai is a notable contributor of the early Renaissance including that of the Florentine. In as much as “Masaccio,” as he was referred to, died at a tender age of 27, his artistic contribution is still remembered as one of the leading arts between 13th and 14th century (Brown 56). Among Masaccio’s famous works include The Holy Trinity, The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, The Tribute of Money, and not limited to The Brancacci Chapel Frescoes.
Throughout his arts, the artist passed insightful messages to his viewers, where he focused primarily on the natural world and the man’s independence. That is the place that the man occupied in the natural world. The artist lived during the Renaissance era when the society was full of political tension. Therefore, he applied his tactical skills in painting and drawing such as demarcating his arts symmetrically to give a clear version of the general search for the ideal scientific description of the place of man in the natural world. Besides, the fact that Masaccio’s paintings closely tied with the other artists’ works, the audience of …show more content…
One of the artist’s achievements touching on the crucifixion of Christ includes Lamentation over the Dead Christ. The painting shows the body of Christ after he was killed and laid on the slab, guarded by Saint John and the Virgin Mary. Contrary to the other works during this heated political time, Lamentation over the Dead Christ is not an idealized work showing Christ’s portrait, rather, the cangiante that the artist applies in the paint gives it a morbid and cold realism. The style that the artist chose to use in this paint also shouts the three-dimensionality of the