Renaissance essay

Discuss three different interpretations of Masaccio’s fresco Tribute Money in the context of the Petrine cycle of frescos in the Brancacci Chapel, in the Piazza del Carmine: 1. As commemorating the Treaty between Florence and Mamluk Egypt; 2. as a reflection or commentary on the relation of Church and State, or Peter’s Primacy; and 3. as reflection of a Christian escatalogy elaborated by St. Augustine. Please discuss the significance or consequences of each of these interpretative schemes for a political economy/economic policy.