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Masaccio

UK/mæˈsæt͡ʃioʊ/US/məˈsɑːt͡ʃioʊ/

Masaccio proper noun: an Italian painter (born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone; 1401–1428) of the Quattrocento period.

masaccio: an Italian painter (born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone; 1401–1428) of the Quattrocento period
Image: Masaccio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Proper noun

Masaccio

  1. An Italian painter (born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone; 1401–1428) of the Quattrocento period.
    • Around 1425, the Florentine artist Masaccio painted the first major works in one-point perspective. That revolutionized what artists could do ever after.2022 March 3, Blake Gopnik, “One Year After Beeple, the NFT Has Changed Artists. Has It Changed Art?”, in The New York Times

Origin of Masaccio

Borrowed from Italian Masaccio, from Maso (diminutive of Tommaso) + -accio (pejorative suffix).

Questions about Masaccio

What does Masaccio mean?
Masaccio means an Italian painter (born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone; 1401–1428) of the Quattrocento period.
What part of speech is Masaccio?
Masaccio is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Masaccio?
Masaccio is pronounced /mæˈsæt͡ʃioʊ/ (UK).

Words near Masaccio in the dictionary

  1. mas'r
  2. Mas-in
  3. masa
  4. MASA syndrome
  5. Masaba
  6. Masaccio
  7. masacuate
  8. Masada
  9. Masagana
  10. masago
  11. Masaguing

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