Once in a lifetime! Up on the scaffolding at the Cappella Brancacci to see Masaccio’s masterpiece up close for the first time... Here Masaccio’s • Baptism of the Neophytes • from 1425-27. What an incredible treat to be face to face with these unbelievable masterpieces of renaissance art! These frescoes inspired so many artists throughout history. One of them was the young Michelangelo, who made a beautiful study of the iconic shivering man (standing on the right in this scene) around 1494-96, when he was 19-21. See image 10. Some background. The Cappella Brancacci is a small chapel within the otherwise pretty plain Santa Maria del Carmine Church. In 1424 Felice Brancacci, a wealthy Florentine merchant and statesman, commissioned Masolino to paint his chapel with a cycle of frescoes illustrating the life of St. Peter (who can be identified by his orange gown). Masolino's associate, the talented 21-year-old Masaccio, 18 years younger than Masolino, assisted, but during painting Masolino abandoned the work and left to Hungary. The commission was given to Masaccio, he took over. However, still working in the chapel, Masaccio was called later that year to Rome, probably to discuss a new commission. Here in Rome, he died mysteriously, aged only 27! The remaining parts of the fresco cycle were completed by Filippino Lippi only much later in the 1480’s. #masaccio #masolino #filippinolippi #michelangelo #art #artist #painter #painting #fresco #fashion #muse #allegory #storytelling #mythological #religious #religiousart #renaissance #renaissanceart #arthistory #portrait #portraiture #figurative #figuration #figurativeart #theamazingpoppingeyes #cappellabrancacci #brancaccichapel #florence https://www.instagram.com/p/CmpS-zaL2OI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
