Chiesa di Santa Maria del Carmine

We went to another church for Intro to Renaissance Art today:

The church survived a fire in 1771 and, fortunately, most of the artwork did too.

The Cappella Brancacci, painted by Masolino, Masaccio, and Filippino Lippi. This was one of the first great works of the Renaissance and influenced Michelangelo, as he trained under Masaccio. Below are images taken from commons.wikipedia.org of parts of the Chapel.

          

Tentazione (Temptation) di Adamo ed Eva by Masolino and Cacciata (Expulsion) di Adamo ed Eva by Masaccio. Notice how in the first painting, Adam and Eve's bodies are perfect and their feet seem to be floating, to symbolize their divinity. However, in the second, they are much more realistic with shadows when they are banished.


Before restoration. The Chapel consists of panels that detail the life of St. Peter. Here, 3 different scenes are in one picture (Peter is here 3 times, in the yellow and blue cloth). In the middle, Jesus is telling him to go get money for the fee from a fish, Peter catches the fish and takes coins out of its mouth to the left, and he pays the man on the right.

If you notice the in the group of 4 men to the far right, one of them is looking at us. That is Masaccio and Masolino is to the left of him. The other 2 men are painters as well. In a scene, if one person is looking at the audience and breaking the fourth wall, it is usually the painter of the artwork.

I love how the churches generally are so tall, with the ceiling painted.

Kristen was SO excited.

Another cool church we found on the way back. It looks like a blank slate to me.

Chiesa di Santa Maria del Carmine