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Masaccio & Fabriano

Real name: Tommaso di ser Giovanni de Simone Guidi Cassai

Masaccio = “Big Tommaso”Italian painter in the early

RenaissanceBorn in Castel San Giovanni de

ValdarnoThe majority of his work has

been destroyedMost likely died in poverty in

Rome, at the age of 27

Masaccio (1401-1428)

One of the first to use perspective to suggest depth in a flat surface

Had an eye for the use of light, expressing moods, and was a master at forming groups

According to Vasari, he was the best painter of his generation because of his skill at creating lifelike figures and movements

Brief careerMoved away from the international gothic style

and elaborate ornamentation of artists like Fabriano and focused more on a naturalistic mode that used perspective and chiaroscuro

Masaccio’s Style

Brancacci Chapel of the Santa Maria del Carmine

The Tribute Money

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Gentile da Fabriano (1370-1427)

Mainly worked in central Italy (mostly in Tuscany). He was trained in Lombard school, hence why he practiced Lombard paintings.

In 1409, Gentile was commissioned to decorate the Doges' Palace in Venice with historical frescoes, but were finished by II Pisanello.

Gentile da Fabriano

He worked for Pandolfo III Malatesta in Brescia. His final dose of frescoes begun in Rome in the Church of St. John Lateran.

Gentile da Fabriano

It was on August 6, 1420 in Florence with he was painting his famous altarpiece depicting the Adoration of the Magi (1432)

Gentile produced a number of Madonnas, For example the Quaratesi Polyptych (1425), which show the Mother and Child sitting on the ground in a garden.

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