Discuss the elements of perspective Masaccio used in Trinity with the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist, and Donors and The Tribute Money.

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In the Trinity with the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist, and Donors, Masaccio uses one-point perspective and the order of the figures to represent triangular stability. In addition, the artist incorporated architectural features in the painting to mimic a receding horizon and to reproduce the sense of natural space.
In The Tribute Money, Masaccio depicts a subject (Jesus paying his taxes) that is unusual in the history of Christian art. By depicting this mundane scene, Masaccio humanizes the figure of Jesus while employing several new devices to make the space of the painting more natural. The artist depicts the figures in the painting from a number of viewpoints, revealing his mastery of the three-dimensionality of figures. In the center of the picture, Jesus directs Peter to retrieve the tax money from the mouth of a fish. Jesus’ grave demeanor may be based on Classical models. In the left of the painting, Masaccio portrays Peter retrieving the tax in a complicated pose. On the right, Peter appears yet again, this time paying the tax to the tax collector. This technique of depicting a figure multiple times in the same work was well known in the Middle Ages and is known as sequential narrative. Masaccio connects the three separate occurrences of Peter in the composition by portraying them in the same yellow and blue attire.