... the space we are looking at in the fresco is actually a continuation of the chapel space the viewer is standing in. Using string and a nail as a stylus Masaccio scored the arcs of the vaulted ceiling into the wet plaster, lines to determine the perspective scheme of the work have been revealed as the work has under gone restoration over the years ... ...

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