He was the first painter to make use of the linear perspective, discovered by his friends Brunelleschi.
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Masaccio did four paintings that revolutionized the Renaissance. The first of these was his "Sagra del Carmine," which was completed in 1425. The other three were "Trinity," also from 1425; a polyptych for S. Maria del Carmine in Pisa, from 1426; and the frescoes of the Brancacci Chapel in S. Maria del Carmine, Florence, from 1427.
Italian RenaissancePre-early Renaissance = Giotto, Gentile da Fabriano Early Renaissance = Masaccio, Piero della Francesca, Uccello, Leonardo da VinciHigh Renaissance = Leonardo da Vinci (not really as he did not follow what was popular in the High Renaissance), Raphael, Michelangelo, early Titian, Giorgione
Quattrocento: Fra Angelico, Brunelleschi, Donatello, Masaccio, Bellini, Botticelli are a few of the most famous. High Renaissance was dominated by: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael.
The correct answer is D: Masaccio,(1401-1428),Massaccio is considered by many to be the first important artist of the Italian Renaissance. Above all else he is thought of the first naturalistic artist.
Masaccio used paints and canvas for his paintings. He is best known for being one of the first painters to use linear perspective in his work.