•Influenced by the world of space, emotion, and action of contemporary sculptors
•Didn’t value material things but was “on fire with ‘le cose dell arte,’ (literally ‘the things of art’)
•Colaborated with Mosolino on the Frescoes for The Brancacci Family Chapel
•Brunelleschi also played a role in designing the frescoes, framed with pilasters and entablatures
•Mosolino and Masaccio left for Rome in the spring of 1428 and it is unclear how much was left unfinished. Filippino Lippi was brought in to finish the Frescoes in the early 1480’s
•Tribute Money, 1420’s Frescoe, 8’1” x 19’7”
•One of the most problematic in terms of theme because of the uncommon subject (Matthew 17:24-27)
• He revised the biblical story, the tax collectors
•Adopted Donatello’s low point of view and atmospheric distance
• Realistic landscape
•Expulsion, 1420’s, 7’ x 2’ 11”
•Painted in 4 days
•Leaves were later added to cover genitals and then removed during restoration
•May have been influenced by Jacopo della Quercia’s relief on the Fonte Gaia
•Mosaccio does not include physical struggle between the angel and Adam
•Adam driven by shame, Eve aware of her nakedness
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