Polyptych of Pisa

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The Polyptych of Pisa is a renowned early 15th-century altarpiece by Masaccio that exemplifies the transition from Gothic to Renaissance painting through its innovative use of perspective and naturalism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf altarpiece
polyptych
artHistoricalSignificance key work in the development of Renaissance painting
artist Masaccio NERFINISHED
artisticPeriod Quattrocento NERFINISHED
commissionedBy Carmelite order in Pisa
completionDate 1426
conservationStatus panels dispersed
countryOfOrigin Italy
creator Masaccio NERFINISHED
culturalContext Italian city-state religious patronage
currentState dismembered altarpiece
depictionForm panel painting
depicts Christ Child NERFINISHED
Virgin Mary
saints
scenes from the life of Christ
genre religious painting
hasInfluenceOn development of linear perspective in painting
hasPart central Madonna and Child panel
predella panels
side panels with saints
iconographicType Madonna and Child with saints NERFINISHED
inception 1426
influenced later Renaissance painters
influencedBy late Gothic painting
languageOfWork visual
location various museums
materialUsed gold leaf
tempera
movement Early Renaissance NERFINISHED
notableFor innovative use of perspective
naturalistic figures
realistic light and shadow
volumetric modeling of forms
originalFunction high altarpiece
originalLocation church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Pisa NERFINISHED
partOf Italian Renaissance art
placeOfProduction Tuscany NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
school Florentine school NERFINISHED
style transitional between Gothic and Renaissance
support wood panel
technique egg tempera on panel
timePeriod early 15th century
use liturgical

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Masaccio notableWork Polyptych of Pisa