03 — ARTWORK
Pietà
- MEDIUM
- Fresco, 280 x 118 cm
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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- FILE
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COMMENTARY
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Masolino, who is often regarded as Masaccio's teacher, belonged to the generation of Gentile da Fabriano and Lorenzo Monaco. He sought to accommodate himself to the innovations that were proposed by Brunelleschi and Donatello, but was never at ease with them. For example his use of perspectiveThe method of representing three-dimensional objects on a flat surface. Perspective gives a picture a sense of depth. The most important form of perspective in the Renaissance was linear perspective (first formulated by the architect Brunelleschi in the early 15th century), in which the real or suggested lines of objects converge on a vanishing point on the horizon, often in the middle of the composition (centralized perspective). The first artist to make a systematic use of linear perspective was Masaccio, and its principles were set out by the architect Alberti in a book published in 1436. The use of linear perspective had a profound effect on the development of Western art and remained unchallenged until the 20th century. always left something to be desired. History has placed him in the shadow of Masaccio, whom he outlived by many years.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Pietà by MASOLINO da Panicale},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/masolino-da-panicale-r9bda64c59c5707/piet-rd945f1c2cd09b8},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
