All that comes before informs us
Masaccio • The Tribute Money Fresco • Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, ca. 1424-‘27
I have taught art appreciation since 1997 and during that time I talked about Masaccio’s The Tribute Money. Then, in the early 2000s, while analyzing the perspective and how the narrative unfolds through the composition, I discovered a Fibonacci Sequence. Now the narrative unfolding before me took on a surprising impact and depth. No wonder his breaking up the composition into three distinct cells worked so well.
