FILE: 20_Expulsion_of_Adam_and_Eve_Masaccio.jpg

TITLE: PAINTING - Expulsion from Paradise - EARLY ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

DESCRIPTION: FRESCO by MASACCIO commissioned by Brancacci family for Brancacci Chapel walls. Biblical iconography: Adam and Eve thrown out of Eden. Very expressive faces. FIRST USE OF EXPRESSION ON BIBLICAL FIGURES. Censorial "drapery" in the plant material covering them.