With such dull colors, Masaccio painted his many paintings in the chapel with Fresco because the colors may have faded with time causing the dull effect to the painting while Fresco was commonly used to be painted on walls (Nichols 72). Masaccio would have used these colors for the landscape to create a sharp contrast from the image the viewer would have when they imagine the Garden of Eden; usually pictured with bright blue skies and miles of lushes greenery. Compared to other works the Masaccio has done in the chapel such as the painting "The Tribute Money" the landscape is also lacking color with gray mountains in the horizon, leafless trees and brown ground underneath the subjects. Masaccio fresco's lacking vegetation in the landscapes in several of his painting, add to the effect that Adam and Eve have entered a barren and deadly world unlike the Garden of Eden. Although Adam is not attempting to cover himself, Eve in the painting "Expulsion of Adam and Eve" is covering her breasts and her neither region, marking the first time the naked body should be ashamed. Behind Adam and Eve on the left side of the painting coming out of what could possibly be the entrance to the Garden of Eden are lines aimed towards the backs of Adam and Eve. Perhaps Masaccio used these lines to represent God's voice, as he casts out Adam and Eve, without having to give God a human body but still exhibiting the power and anger that God is forcing upon Adam and Eve. The last main detail for this painting is the third figure in the painting that is right above Adam and Eve dressed in pink and floating atop a pink cloud; this figure Eden Cherubim placed by God to protect the tree of life with its sword of flames
With such dull colors, Masaccio painted his many paintings in the chapel with Fresco because the colors may have faded with time causing the dull effect to the painting while Fresco was commonly used to be painted on walls (Nichols 72). Masaccio would have used these colors for the landscape to create a sharp contrast from the image the viewer would have when they imagine the Garden of Eden; usually pictured with bright blue skies and miles of lushes greenery. Compared to other works the Masaccio has done in the chapel such as the painting "The Tribute Money" the landscape is also lacking color with gray mountains in the horizon, leafless trees and brown ground underneath the subjects. Masaccio fresco's lacking vegetation in the landscapes in several of his painting, add to the effect that Adam and Eve have entered a barren and deadly world unlike the Garden of Eden. Although Adam is not attempting to cover himself, Eve in the painting "Expulsion of Adam and Eve" is covering her breasts and her neither region, marking the first time the naked body should be ashamed. Behind Adam and Eve on the left side of the painting coming out of what could possibly be the entrance to the Garden of Eden are lines aimed towards the backs of Adam and Eve. Perhaps Masaccio used these lines to represent God's voice, as he casts out Adam and Eve, without having to give God a human body but still exhibiting the power and anger that God is forcing upon Adam and Eve. The last main detail for this painting is the third figure in the painting that is right above Adam and Eve dressed in pink and floating atop a pink cloud; this figure Eden Cherubim placed by God to protect the tree of life with its sword of flames