MASACCIO
(b. 1401, San Giovanni Valdarno, d. 1428, Roma)

Frescoes in the Cappella Brancacci (left view)

1426-82
Fresco
Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence

Masaccio's frescoes for the Brancacci Chapel in Florence's Santa Maria del Carmine mark a milestone in the history of wall painting. They enhance Giottesque traditions of naturalism with new vitality, not merely on their formal properties of space and volume, but also in the psychological intensity that permeates the narrative.

The following frescoes can be seen in this view:

Expulsion from the Garden (Masaccio)

Tribute Money (Masaccio)

St Peter Preaching (Masolino)

St Peter Healing the Sick with his Shadow (Masaccio)

Raising of the Son of Theophilus and St Peter Enthroned (Masaccio and Filippino Lippi)

St Paul Visiting St Peter in Prison (Filippino Lippi)




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