Art Unit 3 Critical Essay

Masaccio, The Tribute Money, c. 1427 Masaccio's, The Tribute Money, is his variation on a story from the Bible, Matthew (17:24-27) about Christ instructing all people to pay taxes. http://www.abcgallery.com/M/masaccio/masaccio7.html This painting makes full use of its canvas, by showing several different happenings all at the same time. The artist, while posing the paintings characters in very classical poses/stances, brings new light to the world of the Early …showed first 75 words of 540 total…

…showed last 75 words of 540 total…Father of Humanism". WORKS CITED Dennis J Sporre, Creative Impulse - An Introduction to the Arts www.abcgallery.com/M/masaccio/masaccio5.html http://www.abcgallery.com/M/masaccio/masaccio7.html http://www.artchive.com/artchive/P/piero/resurrex.jpg.html http://ctlibrary.com/3568 <Tab/> <Tab/><Tab/> Masaccio, The Tribute Money, c. 1427 Masaccio, The Holy Trinity, c. 1426-7 Piero della Francesca, Resurrection c. 1458