Renaissance art involved an artist.
The serendipitous presence within the region of Florence in the early 15th century of certain individuals of artistic genius , most notably Masaccio , Brunelleschi , Ghiberti , Piero della Francesca , Donatello and Michelozzo formed an ethos out of which sprang the great masters of the High Renaissance , as well as supporting and encouraging many lesser artists to achieve work of extraordinary quality .	Renaissance	Renaissance	Florence	Florence	Brunelleschi	Filippo Brunelleschi	Donatello	Donatello	Masaccio	Masaccio	serendipitous	serendipity	Ghiberti	Lorenzo Ghiberti	Piero della Francesca	Piero della Francesca	Michelozzo	Michelozzo
Masaccio -LRB- -LSB- mazatto -RSB- ; December 21 , 1401 -- summer 1428 -RRB- , born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone , was the first great Italian painter of the Quattrocento period of the Italian Renaissance .	Italian	Italy	Italian painter	List of Italian painters	Quattrocento	Quattrocento	Italian Renaissance	Italian Renaissance
