Uccello’s influence

Wev know perfectly that influence among contemperary painters is evident, and we can’t deny it because influence is evident for every painter, it is sufficient looking influence of Michelangelo and his Sixtin chapel to other Michelangelo, this is Merisi, Caravaggio(Figs.1-2), and very much others influence we could look; one of these is, in conformity my opinion, between Paolo Uccello(1397-1475), and Giovanni di Ser Giovanni, called lo Scheggia(1406-1486), brother low famous of Masaccio, whom was influenced by Paolo Uccello, on painting style. The horses of lo Scheggia are resumed from Paolo Uccello(Figs. 3-5); but it is valid also for figures, because some painting of Scheggia is to figures, very much near with some figure of Paolo Uccello(Figs.6-8). Certainly lo Scheggia has took florentine line, this is cukture of drawing that after we refind on Sixtin Chapel of Michelangelo, it is triumph of Tuscany drawing culture; we can then consider that this influence is very felt but it was also common, then we can resume this characteristic also for dresses, same sofness for fields and skirts. Same matter for rocks(Figs.9-10), same innatural line same stiffness, that is very starnge for natural and geological worked, but not certainly for Paolo Uccello and lo Scheggia; then influence from first painter on second is present and very strong, this influence shows also that personality of Scheggia was very weack, differently to brother Masaccio that was very revolutionary painter and has influenced also Michelangelo.

Alessandro Lusana   

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