Episode 80 - Florence: Holy Trinity by Masaccio
Rebuilding The Renaissance
English - July 29, 2020 10:00 - 22 minutes - 22.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 202 ratingsArts History art florence history italy milan renaissance architecture painting rome sculpture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 79 - Florence: Brunelleschi's Dome Part II
This episode will discuss what might just be the most important painting in Florence - Masaccio's Holy Trinity in the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, Italy. Learn how this fresco, which was the first in history to apply linear perspective, was lost in the 16th Century when the church was "Renaissanced" by Giorgio Vasari and then rediscovered in the 19h Century.