Masolino

The Brancacci Chapel, Sta. Maria Del Carmine, Florence
Masolino drew from Gentile de Fabriano's innovations
Created an artificial world of refined shapes, with flowerlike colors and unreal distances
Work is absent of Masaccio's brutal realism
Models round forms in light and shade

"Healing of the Lame Man and the Raising of Tabitha"
Fresco depicting the miracles performed by St. Peter
Same perspective scheme and vanishing point as Masaccio
City of Florence depicted between two cities
Drapery lacks fullness
No sense of urgency in painting
Faces are impassive
Delicate but intense colors
Textures are dense in shade but soft and blurred in light areas
Rocks and figures cast shadows-corresponding to the location of the window in the chapel
-Rocks symbolize Peter as the foundation of the Church

"Temptation"
Gentile Adam and Mild Eve
Serpent features a human head-women are seen at the time to be the root of all evil
Soft appearance to flesh
Feet hang instead of support and Adam and Eve appear separate from the background
Courtly features for Adam and Eve















-Emily