In 1428, Masaccio’s Holy Trinity and the virgin Mary and St. John was created. The painting was the first successful depiction in painting of the new concept era(World Book Encyclopedia). Even though the painting is influenced by Brunelleschi’s mathematical laws and Donatello, it is the beginning of the Renaissance awakening and introduced humanism and line perspective to spiritual paintings of its time (Matthews).<!--more-->

The painting creates such an illusion of space and distance which were drawn from the life around him. He was a well praised artist for the most part and his work was never doubted, in fact it was influential. When the painting was done, the Renaissance era was just beginning.

The work was typical because at the time most artist created paintings based off of spiritual entities. It was unusual because it was the only painting for awhile that touched base with humanism and the feelings around Masaccio. The feelings glowed off of the paper and each part told a smaller portion of a greater story. The work was delighting during its prime because no one had experienced the beauty of Masaccio’s art and it was received as a breakthrough for a more modern art.

Today it is viewed as shaping the future for our present artistic styles and we view the different styles of art. I love the was Masaccio created his edition of the Holy Trinity and the virgin Mary and St. John. Compared to other paintings it is more appealing to the eye and is influential and unique.

This work should be remembered not only for the contributions it has made to the educational world of art and how he used space perspective, distance and mathematical angles to create linear illusions but to the satisfactory world.

Masaccio was born December 21, 1401 Tommaso di Giovanni di Simone Guidi. He received the name Masaccio when he was sixteen. His father died when he was five and his mother died just before he was a young adult (Matthews).

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Works Cited

Aiken, Jane “The Perspective Construction of Masaccio’s Trinity Fresco Medieval Astronomical Graphics, p. 171-187, 1995

Matthews. The Western Humantities.Second Edition.Mayfield Publishing Co. 1950

World Book Encylcopedia. World Book Inc. 1993. Volume 13

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