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MASACCIO: Two panels from the Pisa Altarpiece

MASACCIO
🖼 Two panels from the Pisa Altarpiece, 1426
Poplar (each)
38 × 13 cm
Berlin, Germany

Monumental figures occupy shallow space with austere dignity, rendered through bold modeling and linear perspective. Masaccio's revolutionary technique—anatomically precise forms and spatial depth—fundamentally transformed Italian Renaissance painting, establishing modern pictorial language.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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