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Masaccio’s Expulsion from Paradise

Masaccio’s Expulsion from Paradise
Expulsion from Paradise (about 1427) is one of six frescoes painted by Masaccio for the Brancacci Chapel in Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy. The fresco was influential for its realism, especially the simplicity and three-dimensionality of the figures, and for the dramatic depiction of the plight of Adam and Eve.
Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence/Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York
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Renaissance Art and Architecture; Renaissance; Masaccio; Painting
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