Masaccio's 'Trinity' / Edition 1

by Rona Goffen

Overview

Masaccio's "Trinity" examines one of the most influential paintings of the Italian Renaissance. Renowned for the grandeur of its characterizations and for the perspectival illusion of its architectural setting, the fresco was famous from the time it was painted in the 1420s, and remembered despite its having been hidden from view for nearly two centuries. This volume considers the "Trinity" in its historical and spiritual contexts, and describes the significance of Masaccio's innovative depictions of time and space.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521467094
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/28/1998
Series:	Masterpieces of Western Painting
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	178
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.55(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: Masaccio's Trinity and the Early Renaissance Rona Goffen; 1. The Florentine elite in the early fifteneenth century Gene Brucker; 2. Masaccio's 'Trinity' and the Letter to the Hebrews Rona Goffen; 3. Masaccio's Fresco technique and Problems of Conservation Ornella Casazza; 4. The Perspective Construction of Masaccio's 'Trinity' Fresco and Medieval Astronomical Graphics Jane Andrews Aiken; 5. Time and timeless in Quattrocento painting Yves Bonnefoy; 6. Masaccio's skeleton: Art and Anatomy in Renaissance Italy Katharine Park.