Masaccio

[ mah-saht-chaw; English muh-sah-chee-oh ]

/ mɑˈsɑt tʃɔ; English məˈsɑ tʃiˌoʊ /

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noun

Tommaso Guidi, 1401–28?, Italian painter.

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How to use Masaccio in a sentence

Masaccio Sir Joshua considers to have been "one of the great fathers of modern art."
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXVIII. February, 1843. Vol. LIII.|Various
Masaccio's work was well known; Raffaelle was not ashamed to have borrowed.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXVIII. February, 1843. Vol. LIII.|Various
The picture was for a long time attributed to Masaccio's master, Masolino.
Filippo Lippi|Paul G. Konody
He may be regarded as the last direct inheritor of the traditions of Masaccio.
The Story of Florence|Edmund G. Gardner

This portrait was formerly ascribed in the Official Catalogue to Masaccio.
A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Masaccio

Masaccio

/ (Italian maˈzattʃo) /

noun

original name Tommaso Guidi. 1401–28, Florentine painter. He was the first to apply to painting the laws of perspective discovered by Brunelleschi. His chief work is the frescoes in the Brancacci chapel in the church of Sta. Maria del Carmine, Florence

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