Masaccio (Tommaso Giovanni di Mone)

Self-portrait, The Virgin and Child (detail), 1420s

Years of life:	1401 – 1428
Art Movement:	Early Renaissance
Painting School:	Florentine School

Genre:	Religious
Country:	Italy
Century:	XV

Masaccio, the greatest Florentine painter of the Early Renaissance, lived a short life, but he revolutionized the art of painting, he was the bridge between Giotto and Michelangelo. The attribution of some of Masaccio’s works (“Big ugly Tom”) remains questionable.

His paintings are able to convey the depth of human experience and emotion, and the figures seem alive and full of dignity. His simple, well-ordered compositions, in which the human figure is the central feature, accord with the Renaissance principle that human beings are the measure of all things.

Masaccio’s major works are Crucifixion, 1426 (Naples: Museo di Capodimonte); The Expulsion from Paradise, c. 1427 (Florence: Santa Maria del Carmine)

References:

Robert Cumming. Art: complete encyclopedia. – 512 p. – Moscow: Astrel, 2005.

Artworks:

St Carmelite

1426

St Carmelite • 1426
Expulsion from the Garden of Eden

from 1424 until 1428

Expulsion from the Garden of Eden • from 1424 until 1428
Madonna and Child

1426

Madonna and Child • 1426
Saint Andrew

1426

Saint Andrew • 1426
Saints Jerome and John the Baptist

between 1426 and 1428

Saints Jerome and John the Baptist • between 1426 and 1428
Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

between 1424 and 1425

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne • between 1424 and 1425
Crucifixion

1426

Crucifixion • 1426
Distribution of Alms and Death of Ananias

1424-1425

Distribution of Alms and Death of Ananias • 1424-1425
The Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist

1426

The Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist • 1426
St. Peter Healing the Sick with His Shadow

1424-1425

St. Peter Healing the Sick with His Shadow • 1424-1425
The Tribute Money

1425

The Tribute Money • 1425
St Carmelite

1426

St Carmelite • 1426
Saint Jerome

1426

Saint Jerome • 1426
Saint Augustine

1426

Saint Augustine • 1426
Raising of the Son of Teophilus and St. Peter Enthroned

1425

Raising of the Son of Teophilus and St. Peter Enthroned • 1425
The Madonna of Humility

1420s

The Madonna of Humility • 1420s
Holy Trinity

1426-1428

Holy Trinity • 1426-1428
Portrait of a young Man

between 1425 and 1427

Portrait of a young Man • between 1425 and 1427
Brancacci Chapel

Brancacci Chapel
San Giovenale Triptych

1422

San Giovenale Triptych • 1422
Profile Portrait of a Young Man

1430-1450

Profile Portrait of a Young Man • 1430-1450
Adoration of the Magi

1426

Adoration of the Magi • 1426
Madonna and Child (Madonna of Cardinal Casini)

1426

Madonna and Child (Madonna of Cardinal Casini) • 1426
Brancacci Chapel, Baptism of Neophytes

from 1424 until 1425

Brancacci Chapel, Baptism of Neophytes • from 1424 until 1425
The Crucifixion of the Apostle Peter and The Beheading of John the Baptist, detail

1426

The Crucifixion of the Apostle Peter and The Beheading of John the Baptist, detail • 1426
Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane

between 1424 and 1425

Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane • between 1424 and 1425