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compare and contrast two paintings which are of the same genre
Background
-Massacio has quite a serious style which is very different from the International Gothic style of
Gentile da Fabriano
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However, Gentile’s Adoration of the Magi, has more gold and the naturalism of the nature in his
painting presented elements of the everyday life
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composition
-more sense of space in Massacio’s painting ( we can see the half-dead trees, Amo river,
mountains …
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-both paintings tell stories in separate scenes as where in gentile’s painting, there is the manner of
multiple narrative scenes and in Massacio where he uses triptych which have the narrative
elements of panels in the painting
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This creates the contrast from Gentile’s
style as the cloaks and tunics are quite different from Massacio’s painting
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In Gentile’s painting, it’s used in the left hand panel of the predella where
he shows the illumination in the foreground from a single light source within the picture
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-the figures in Massacio have more sharp, individualised, sculptural figures (more sense of depth
and robustness) that have shadows on them from the use of chiaroscuro whereas fabriano’s uses
naturalistic modelling by having his figures stamped with the gold leaf patterns
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perspective, pictorial space
-In gentile’s painting, there is the lack of perspective because of the figures cramming in the
foreground of the picture which is a typical feature of the International Gothic style but on the other
hand, there is aerial perspective in Massacio’s painting where the mountains and Peter by the river
are painted darker than other objects which invents the illusion of depth
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His lines of
perspective which are orthogonal shows Massacio painting and developing the technique of one
point perspective
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This is how he achieved his chiaroscuro
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degrees of finish and detail
-Both Massacio and Gentile had to paint quickly
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In addition, Massacio had to paint onto the process of arriccio and intonaco before it dried
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