Foucault''s Philosophy of Art: A Genealogy of Modernity
Joseph J. Tanke
We know from Rachida Triki that Masaccio was one of the quattrocento artists discussed in Foucault''s 1968 course where he treated the depiction of Adam and Eve being expelled from the garden (c. 1425–1428), a fresco from the Brancacci Chapel.” Jacqueline Verdeaux, the psychologist and family friend with whom Foucault traveled during the early 1950s, also attests to the importance of Masaccio for Foucault: ''He is the one who made me understand Masaccio''s frescos in Florence ...