Title: Masolino da Panicale /
Authors: Roberts, Perri Lee.; Masolino, 1383-approximately 1447.
Publisher: Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Masolino, Criticism and interpretation.; Painting, Renaissance Italy
Abstract: Masolino da Panicale is a study of the life and works of the early fifteenth-century Florentine artist (active 1423-35), who is best known for his collaboration with Masaccio on the frescos of the Brancacci Chapel of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, restored to their original brilliance in 1983-88. This book fills a serious gap in the literature on Italian Renaissance art. Although there have been numerous, recent contributions to the study of Masolino, a detailed monograph has been lacking. Perri Lee Roberts discusses the nature of Masolino's and Masaccio's collaboration, and their styles. She includes up-to-date information about the newly-cleaned frescos in the Brancacci Chapel and other works by Masolino, a detailed analysis of his works in chronological order, a discussion of his patrons, and an evaluation of his place in the history of Early Renaissance painting. Two appendices contain all the known documents concerning Masolino, and a catalogue raisonne of his accepted, related, and rejected works.
Contents: 1. The Biography of Masolino Da Panicale -- 2. Masolino's Panel Paintings of the Early 1420s -- 3. Masolino's Frescos of the Early 1420s -- 4. Masolino and Masaccio: The Brancacci Chapel Frescos and the Santanna Metterza -- 5. The Peregrinations of Masolino, 1425-1432 -- 6. Masolino's Late Works.