FILE: 22_Holy_Trinity_Masaccio.jpg

TITLE: PAINTING - Holy Trinity - EARLY ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

DESCRIPTION: Fresco (in a church) by MASACCIO. Uses 1 POINT PERSPECTIVE. See coffered arch and great depth. Couldn't have done it without Brunelleschi's invention of perspective. Diagonal perspective lines = ORTHOGONALS. Group of Saints are in sacred conversation (SACRA CONVERSAZIONE). Below see tomb and sculpture of skeleton. Uses SCIENTIFIC APPROACH / PICTORIAL SCIENCE.