The Cambridge Companion to Masaccio

The Cambridge Companion to Masaccio 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. They also reassess the artist´s connection to the past, especially to medieval workshop practices, ancient and Gothic art, as well as his novel experiments with technique, perspective, and narrative. Collectively, they re-evaluate his association with Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, Donatello, and his collaborator Masolino. 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.
Contents: Introduction Diane Cole Ahl; 1. Masaccio´s Florence in perspective: crisis and discipline in a medieval society Anthony Mohlo; 2. Masaccio´s city: urbanism, architecture, and sculpture in early fifteenth-century Florence Gary M. Radke; 3. Painting Masaccio´s Florence Ellen Callmann; 4. Collaboration in fifteenth-century art and the case of Masaccio and Masolino Perri Lee Roberts; 5. Masaccio: technique in context Roberto Bellucci and Cecilia Frosinini; 6. The altarpieces of Masaccio Dillian Gordon; 7. Masaccio in the Brancacci chapel Diane Cole Ahl; 8. Masaccio´s Trinity: theological, social, and civic meanings Timothy Verdon; 9. Masaccio and perspective in Italy in the fifteenth century J. V. Field; 10. Masaccio´s legacy Francis Ames-Lewis.