Masaccio: An Italian Painter Masaccio (1401-1428) was a Florentine fresco painter and a pioneer of the Renaissance. He came into the world in 1401 in the town currently known as San Giovanni Valdarno under the noteworthy title of Tomasso di Giovanni di Simone Guidi. In any case, he was called Masaccio, or Moso, signifying 'cumbersome' or 'eccentric,' because of his... View more
