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cape, perhaps even discovering its paramountimportance in painting, a service which Leonardo and Michel-angelo were quite unable to perform, is not among the impos-sibilities. If so, he would have changed the destiny of art.As it is, he stands midway between Giotto and Michelangelo,these two… … B 144, St. Peter Baptizing the Pagans. Brancacci Chapel,Carmine, Florence. Masaccio, 14017-1428? I CHAPTER VI THE PROTEST OF FAITH From Cimabue to Masaccio we have traced the evolutionof art consistently toward its chosen goal of realism. Wehave seen its abandonment of mosaic, its surrender of…
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