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nickname of Masaccio, which may be translated "Lubberly Tom," in consequence of his slovenly dressing and deportment. From childhood he showed a See also:

GREAT

great inclination for the arts of See also:

DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design, and he is said to have studied under his contemporary Masolino da Panicale. In 1421, or perhaps 1423, he was enrolled in the gild of the speziali (druggists) in See also:

Florence, in 1424 in the gild of painters. His first attempts in See also:

PAINTING

painting were made in Florence, and then in See also:

Pisa. Next he went to See also:

Rome, still no doubt very See also:

young; although the statement that he returned from Rome to Florence, in 1420, when only eighteen or nineteen, seems incredible, considering the See also:

WORKS

works he undertook in the papal See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city. These included a See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of frescoes still extant in a See also:

CHAPEL

chapel of the See also:

church of S. Clemente, a Crucifixion, and scenes from the See also:

LIFE

life of St See also:

Catherine and of St See also:

Clement, or perhaps some other See also:

SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint. Though much inferior to his later productions, these paintings are, for natural-ism and propriety of See also:

REPRESENTATION

representation, in advance of their See also:

time. Some critics, however, consider that the design only, if even that, was furnished by Masaccio, and the See also:

EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution See also:

LEFT

left to an inferior See also:

hand; this appears highly improbable, as Masaccio, at his See also:

early See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, can scarcely have held the position of a See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master laying out See also:

WORK

work for subordinates; indeed See also:

VASARI, GIORGIO (1511-1571)

Vasari says that Lubberly Tom was held in small esteem at all times of his brief life. In the Crucifixion subject the See also:

GROUP

group of the Marys is remarkable; the picture most generally admired is that of Catherine, in the presence of See also:

MAXENTIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS VALERIUS

Maxentius, arguing against and converting eight learned doctors.

After returning to Florence, Masaccio was chiefly occupied in painting in the church of the See also:

CARMINE

Carmine, and especially in that " Brancacci Chapel " which he has rendered famous almost beyond rivalry in the See also:

ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

annals of painting. The chapel had been built early in the 15th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century by Felice Michele di Piuvichese Brancacci, a See also:

NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble Florentine. Masaccio's work in it began probably in 1423, and continued at intervals until II he finally quitted Florence in 1428. There is a whole library-shelf correctly, with See also:

ACTION

action, liveliness and See also:

RELIEF

relief. Soon after his See also:

DEATH

death, his work was recognized at its right value, and led to notable advances; and all the greatest artists of See also:

Italy, through studying the Brancacci chapel, became his champions and disciples. Of the works attributed to. Masaccio in public or private galleries hardly any are See also:

AUTHENTIC (from Gr. aOO 'rns, one who does a thing himself)

authentic. The one in the Florentine See also:

Academy, the " Virgin and See also:

Child in the See also:

Lap of St See also:

Anna, is an exception. The so-called portrait of Masaccio in the Uffizi See also:

GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

Gallery is more probably Filippino See also:

LIPPI

Lippi; and Filippino, or See also:

BOTTICELLI, SANDRO

Botticelli, may be the real author of the See also:

head, at first termed a Masaccio, in the See also:

NATIONAL

National Gallery, See also:

LONDON

London. An early work on Masaccio was that of T. Patch, Life with Engravings (Florence, 1770-1772). See See also:

LAYARD, SIR AUSTEN HENRY (1817-1894)

Layard, The Brancacci Chapel, &c.

(1868); H. Eckstein, Life of Masaccio, See also:

GIOTTO

Giotto, &c. (1882); See also:

Charles Yriarte, Tommaso dei Guidi (1894). (W. M.

End of Article: MASACCIO (1402-1429)

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