(1401–28), Italian painter; born Tommaso Giovanni di Simone Guidi. A pioneer in the application of the laws of perspective to painting, he is remembered particularly for his frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence (1424–7).
Definition of Masaccio in US English:
Masaccio
proper nounməˈsäCHēō
(1401–28), Italian painter; born Tommaso Giovanni di Simone Guidi. The first artist to apply the laws of perspective to painting, he is known particularly for his frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel in Florence (1424–27).