Painting #016 - Florence

The Temptation of Adam and Eve  
- Masolino da Panicale (Italian, 1383–c.1447) in 1427

- fresco (208 x 88 cm) 1427
- Cappella Brancacci, (Florence)

  

The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden

Masaccio (Italian, 1401–1428) in 1427

- Fresco (208 x 88 cm) 
opposite to the above-mentioned Temptation

- Cappella Brancacci (Florence) 

Three centuries after the painting, it was ordered to add fig leaves to conceal the genitals of the figures. The leaves were eventually removed in the 1980's when the painting was fully restored and cleaned.

Florentine School  
- an art movement of Italy in 14-15th century, when Florence originated Italian Renaissance
- emphasized in shapes, scale, anatomy, sketches

Florence Cathedral
- 1436
- Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Florence)

Its 46-meter-wide dome (il Duomo) effectively ignited the creative explosion known as the Renaissance.

Florence - Heart of the Renaissance

Sienese School  
Siena is to the south of Florence 

Maesta of Santa Trinita
(Child Jesus & Virgin Mary)
- Cimabue (1240–1302, Italian)
- tempera on panel (385 x 223 cm) 1280-1290
- Uffizi Gallery (Florence)

Maestà  
- Duccio di Buoninsegna et al (1255–1319, Italian)
- tempera on polyptych panel (214 x 435 cm) 1308-1311
- Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana del Duomo (Siena)
In 1771, this masterpiece was disemmbled and dispersed. Artists tried to reconstruct all the missing panels.

Front

Back

Front / central panel (detail):

The Mother of God Enthroned with the Christ Child 
amidst Angels and Saints
- (214 x 396 cm)
- Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana del Duomo (Siena)

Rear / predella (bottom rail) / L3 (detail):

The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew
- (44 x 46 cm)
- National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)

Bare-footed Jesus (L), standing on a rock (representing the church), is calling Galilee fishers Peter (C) and his elder brother Andrew (R) to become his apostles. Their net is full when Jesus says to them: “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men” (Matthew 4:18).

Rear / central panel / top row / R2 (detail):

Three Marys at the Tomb
- (51 x 54 cm) 
- Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana del Duomo (Siena)

The sitting archangel Gabriel told Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene and Mary (the mother of John Mark) that the tomb was empty because of Christ's Ascension.

Source: Wikipedia