Masaccio

 

Masaccio has rightly been called the father of Renaissance painting, for every major artist of the 15th and 16th centuries in Florence began his career by studying Masaccio's murals in fresco. Masaccio is the artistic heir of Giotto, yet there is no indication of direct borrowing from the older master. He was also a friend of Brunelleschi and from him may have learned perspective and the concept of a clear and rationally articulated space. He was a friend, too, of the Florentine sculptor Donatello and may have learned from him the effectiveness of simple drapery folds over a full and powerful figure.

 

He was concerned with light and the way it gives the illusion of solidity to the painted figure. He created a deep and clearly articulated space in his paintings, and he was above all concerned with his actors as humans carrying out some purposeful human activity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Masaccio