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This blog is an art history experiment for our Italian Renaissance travel course. We hope that you, our visitors, will not only take some time to read about what we are studying, but will ALSO feel free to make comments or ask us questions...especially after we see (most of) these things in person. As we travel, we will offer personal reflections on our experiences. After we fly out on the 17th, follow us as we visit Rome (May 18-20), Florence (20-24), and Venice (24-25). We return on Thursday, May 26...just in time for the holiday weekend.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Masaccio, The Adoration of the Magi

Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Mone Cassai (Masaccio)
The Adoration of the Magi
1926

  • The adoration of the magi is actually part of the Pisa Polyptych which is located in Berlin, Germany 
  • Painted in 1926
  • There is a grand sense of depth which is important in the paintings of Masaccio
    • The background does not loose attention but is painted with knowledge of how it effects the front of the scene
      • It serves as a frame to the rest of the work
  • It is an actual location outside of Pisa that is being used as the background
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    -Ry
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