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Piero della Francesca (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːro della franˈtʃeska] listen (help·info); c. 1415 – 12 October 1492) was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. As testified by Giorgio Vasari in his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, to contemporaries he was also known as a mathematician and geometer.
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St. Julian Piero della Francesca • 1455 Annunciation...
- Nativity (Detail)
‘Nativity (detail)’ was created in 1475 by Piero della...
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Piero della Francesca war seit 1439 in Florenz als Schüler...
- The Flagellation of Christ
The Flagellation of Christ (probably 1455–1460) is a...
- Madonna Del Parto
‘Madonna del Parto’ was created in c.1460 by Piero della...
- Triumph of Battista Sforza
‘Triumph of Battista Sforza’ was created in 1466 by Piero...
- Ideal City, C.1470
‘Ideal City’ was created in c.1470 by Piero della Francesca...
- The Resurrection, C.1460
The Resurrection is a fresco painting by the Italian...
- Baptism of Christ, 1450
The Baptism of Christ is a painting by the Italian...
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Piero Della Francesca (1415 — 12 de outubro de 1492) foi um...
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Piero della Francesca harnessed mathematical theory and geometry, combining them with Renaissance Humanism, to create some of the most arresting religious paintings of the early Renaissance. His use of linear perspective and foreshortening brought biblical scenes and legends to life, and his emulation of classical figures and compositions lend his ...
Piero della Francesca's abiding interest in mathematics led him, along with Masaccioand Brunelleschi, to create illusionistic spaces in which ideally proportioned and sized human beings enacted rel...The renaissance of classical antiquity in the 15thcentury meant an abandonment of many medieval conventions and an emphasis on solid human forms grounded in an illusionistic space Despite this new...While Piero della Francesca painted many altarpieces and frescoes that decorated church interiors, he benefited greatly from a burgeoning secular patronage. Led by the new wealthy merchant class, t...Childhood
Around the year 1420, in the small Tuscan town of Borgo San Sepolcro, Piero della Francesca was born to Romana and Benedetto dell Francesca. His parents were merchants who plied their trade in leather and wool, through which they made a substantial living, and both of their families had a noble lineage. Piero was his parents' third child, and he likely would have attended school in his town where, according to 16th-century historian Giorgio Vasari, he applied himself to mathematics in particu...
Early Training and Work
At a very early age, as was often the case with Renaissance painters, Piero began an apprenticeship with the local painter Antonio d'Anghiari. As early as the age of 11, his work on painting "poles and candles" for the master is recorded. Around 1438, Piero left his hometown and moved to Florence, a large city and the artistic hub of Tuscany. There he began to work with increasingly illustrious artists on large-scale commissions, such as the fresco paintings for the hospital of Santa Maria Nu...
Mature Period
Piero continued to return to his hometown, Borgo San Sepolcro regularly between trips to cities around Italy, and in 1442, he was elected to the town council. Having achieved his master status, Piero began to paint a range of works for patrons across Italy, from panel paintings to frescoes upon the walls of churches. He occasionally would work in his hometown and remained faithfully bound to it, even signing paintings as 'Piero from Borgo'. However, the fact that he never married allowed him...
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Piero della Francesca. Piero della Francesca ( / ˌpjɛəroʊ ˌdɛlə frænˈtʃɛskə /, [2] US also /- frɑːnˈ -/, [3] [4] Italian: [ˈpjɛːro della franˈtʃeska] ⓘ; né Piero di Benedetto; c. 1415 [1] – 12 October 1492) was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance. To contemporaries he was also known as a mathematician and ...
- Museo Civico Sansepolcro. Our itinerary starts in Sansepolcro, hometown of Piero della Francesca, a quiet and pleasant little town 38 km. east of Arezzo.
- Monterchi, Museo della Madonna del Parto. From Sansepolcro we travel 15 kms. to reach the village of Monterchi, near the Umbrian border. This is where Piero’s mother was born.
- Arezzo, San Francesco Church. The last stop of our itinerary is the charming town of Arezzo, where in the Church of San Francesco we find one of Piero della Francesca’s most famous works, the fresco cycle “Legend of the True Cross“, (LINK).
- Arezzo Cathedral, portrait of Mary Magdalene. Visit the Cathedral of Arezzo to admire Piero della Francesca’s fresco “Mary Magdalene”, painted at the same time as he was working at the frescoes in San Francesco Church.
about 1415/20 - 1492. Piero della Francesca is one of the most admired 15th-century Italian painters. The cool colour palette and geometrical compositions contribute to the refined and meditative nature of his works. Piero was born in Borgo Sansepolcro, in Tuscany. He worked in various central Italian towns, but retained links with Sansepolcro ...
Jan 25, 2023 · Piero della Francesca, one of the most original and enlightened artists of the early Italian Renaissance, introduced space, brilliance, and extraordinary finesse to painting. Furthermore, he invented the function of the contemporary artist by becoming a courtier, a traveler, a geometrician, a patron, and many other things.
He is mentioned as a painter as early as 1432, associated with Antonio d'Anghiari, who was probably his first teacher. Aside from this connection, [1] nothing is known about his training. But the art of Piero della Francesca--who develops to poetic heights the subtle use of perspectival representation proposed in works of Domenico Veneziano, [2 ...
