Masaccio (c. 1401-1428)

• Was an Italian painter.
• He was born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone.
• Masaccio was mainly active in Naples.
• The name Masaccio is a humorous version of Maso (short for Tommaso), meaning "clumsy" or "messy" Tom.
• He employed nudes and foreshortenings in his figures.
• This had seldom been done before him.
• Masaccio died at the age of twenty-six and little is known about the exact circumstances of his death.
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