The Cambridge Companion to Masaccio

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Masaccio written by Diane Cole Ahl and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-06-30 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion explores the visual, intellectual, and religious culture of Renaissance Florence in the age of Masaccio, 1401-1428. Written by a team of internationally renowned scholars and conservators, the essays in this volume investigate the artistic, civic, and sacred contexts of Masaccio's works and the sites in which they were seen. Inspired by the 600th anniversary of Masaccio's birth, The Cambridge Companion to Masaccio celebrates the achievements, influence and legacy of early Renaissance art and one of its greatest masters.