Renaissance art from the start of the thirteen hundreds to the late fifteen hundreds have great influences with the Christian religion such as the painting "Expulsion of Adam and Eve" by Masaccio. Masaccio painted the "Expulsion of Adam and Eve" around the years 1425 to 1428, depicting the image of Adam and Eve being exiled from the Garden of Eden (Nichols 69). This painting was part of Masaccio's collection of paintings in the Brancacci Chapel in the church Santa Maria del Carmine located in Florence, Italy that he was commissioned to do around the years 1425 to 1428 (Nichols 66). The Brancacci family were Florentine merchants allowing the family to earn enough money to build the Brancacci Chapel as part of Pietro Brancacci's final wishes
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With such dull colors, Masaccio painted his many paintings in the chapel with Fresco because the colors may have faded with time causing the dull effect to the painting while Fresco was commonly used to be painted on walls (Nichols 72). Masaccio would have used these colors for the landscape to create a sharp contrast from the image the viewer would have when they imagine the Garden of Eden; usually pictured with bright blue skies and miles of lushes greenery. Compared to other works the Masaccio has done in the chapel such as the painting "The Tribute Money" the landscape is also lacking color with gray mountains in the horizon, leafless trees and brown ground underneath the subjects. Masaccio fresco's lacking vegetation in the landscapes in several of his painting, add to the effect that Adam and Eve have entered a barren and deadly world unlike the Garden of Eden. Although Adam is not attempting to cover himself, Eve in the painting "Expulsion of Adam and Eve" is covering her breasts and her neither region, marking the first time the naked body should be ashamed. Behind Adam and Eve on the left side of the painting coming out of what could possibly be the entrance to the Garden of Eden are lines aimed towards the backs of Adam and Eve. Perhaps Masaccio used these lines to represent God's voice, as he casts out Adam and Eve, without having to give God a human body but still exhibiting the power and anger that God is forcing upon Adam and Eve. The last main detail for this painting is the third figure in the painting that is right above Adam and Eve dressed in pink and floating atop a pink cloud; this figure Eden Cherubim placed by God to protect the tree of life with its sword of flames
With such dull colors, Masaccio painted his many paintings in the chapel with Fresco because the colors may have faded with time causing the dull effect to the painting while Fresco was commonly used to be painted on walls (Nichols 72). Masaccio would have used these colors for the landscape to create a sharp contrast from the image the viewer would have when they imagine the Garden of Eden; usually pictured with bright blue skies and miles of lushes greenery. Compared to other works the Masaccio has done in the chapel such as the painting "The Tribute Money" the landscape is also lacking color with gray mountains in the horizon, leafless trees and brown ground underneath the subjects. Masaccio fresco's lacking vegetation in the landscapes in several of his painting, add to the effect that Adam and Eve have entered a barren and deadly world unlike the Garden of Eden. Although Adam is not attempting to cover himself, Eve in the painting "Expulsion of Adam and Eve" is covering her breasts and her neither region, marking the first time the naked body should be ashamed. Behind Adam and Eve on the left side of the painting coming out of what could possibly be the entrance to the Garden of Eden are lines aimed towards the backs of Adam and Eve. Perhaps Masaccio used these lines to represent God's voice, as he casts out Adam and Eve, without having to give God a human body but still exhibiting the power and anger that God is forcing upon Adam and Eve. The last main detail for this painting is the third figure in the painting that is right above Adam and Eve dressed in pink and floating atop a pink cloud; this figure Eden Cherubim placed by God to protect the tree of life with its sword of flames