Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence, is dedicated to
faith but also to art, for here, in the Brancacci chapel,
are the frescoes by Masaccio, striking examples of Italian
and European 15th. century realism. Church was built on the site of an old Romanesque
church destroyed by fire and reconstructed in the 18th.
century.
Expulsion
of Adam and Eve
Masaccio's
ability to express emotion is well illustrated by his
harrowing portraits of Adam and Eve being driven
out of the Garden of Eden. Their faces are wracked by
misery, shame and the burden of self-knowledge.
The image
here is an example of Masolino's works that tends to
be more formal, less naturalistic and less animated
than that of Masaccio's.
Masaccio's revolutionary use of perspective,
his narrative drama and the tragic realism of his figures
placed him in the vanguard of Renaissance painting.
Many great artists, including Leonardo and Michelangelo
visited the chapel to study Masaccio's works.
You'll leave with fond memories that will last a life time.
The image
here is an example of Masolino's works that tends to
be more formal, less naturalistic and less animated
than that of Masaccio's.
Masaccio's revolutionary use of perspective,
his narrative drama and the tragic realism of his figures
placed him in the vanguard of Renaissance painting.
Many great artists, including Leonardo and Michelangelo
visited the chapel to study Masaccio's works.