Renaissance refers to the revival of ancient Greek and Roman cultures. In Italy in the 15th and 16th centuries, a new worldview centered on the humanities took place in place of the Christian worldview of the Middle Ages, and painting in particular re...
Renaissance refers to the revival of ancient Greek and Roman cultures. In Italy in the 15th and 16th centuries, a new worldview centered on the humanities took place in place of the Christian worldview of the Middle Ages, and painting in particular responded very sensitively to this transition.
This study aims to find the meaning of art history by focusing on the perspective of Tommaso Cassai Masaccio (1401~1428), who announced the beginning of Renaissance painting. Perspective can be said to be a major turning point in Renaissance painting, and a new way of seeing the world is embodied in painting. This study aims to illuminate the significance of Masaccio’s art, which is evaluated as a new pioneer of spatial expression, by analyzing perspective focusing on the representative works that reveal Masaccio’s new attempts, and by examining them separately before and after the Renaissance. In conclusion, Masaccio’s novelty was further revealed by referring to the difference and influence of perspective in the history of Western painting and the perspective in Eastern painting history.