Masaccio by John T. Spike.

Masaccio; John T. Spike; Abbeville(1996); 1st; Folio(13”x11”; VG/ VG; Not ex-lib, Not remainder, Not Book Club; HB-Deep green cloth w/blind-stamped lettering to spine,very minimal edgewear, spine strong; DJ- Multi-color pictorial w/white lettering to cover + spine, no apparent edgewear, brodart protected; 245 ppg- clean, bright,crisp, Magnificent, large, full-page color reproductions distinguish this important monograph on Florentine painter Masaccio (1401-1428), whose naturalistic style during the last seven years of his short life revolutionized Renaissance artists' use of perspective and light. Art historian Spike, who lives in Florence and serves as a guest curator in Europe and the U.S., boldly hypothesizes that the iconography of Masaccio's frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel of Florence--with their descending tiers of heaven, sky, sea and land--was based on the creation story in Genesis. In his engaging essay on Masaccio's life and work, Spike locates sources for the artist's natur