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  Piero della Francesca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Piero della Francesca was an Italian artist of the Early Renaissance.
Piero was born probably in Borgo San Sepolcro, Tuscany, c.
By 1439 Piero was working with Domenico Veneziano on frescoes for the hospital of Santa Maria Nuova in Florence.
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Piero della Francesca seems to have been another incorruptible, though little is known about him: his birth date could have been any time between 1400 and 1420, though we know he died in 1492.
Piero unified, completed, and refined upon the discoveries these artists had made in the previous 20 years and created a style in which monumental, meditative grandeur and almost mathematical lucidity are combined with limpid beauty of colour and light.
Vasari said Piero was blind when he died, and failing eyesight may have been his reason for giving up painting, but his will of 1487 declares him to be 'sound in mind, in intellect and in body' and is written in his own clear hand.
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All his masterpieces were created in towns of central Italy, but early contact with the art of Florence proved decisive in Piero's development.
Piero also executed the massive Resurrection (Borgo San Sepolcro) and several altarpieces, parts of which have been lost or scattered.
International: Resurrection of Piero's masterpiece After 15 years of work and at a cost of more than pounds 3 million, Piero della Francesca's fresco cycle The Legend of the True Cross has been saved
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 Piero della Francesca --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
One of the great artists of the early Italian Renaissance, Piero della Francesca painted religious works that are marked by their simple serenity and clarity.
Piero della Francesca's mature style is revealed in frescoes painted in the choir of the church of S. Francesco at Arezzo.
Members of the Della Robbia family were artists and craftsmen who lived in Florence, Italy, during the 15th and 16th centuries.
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 Piero della Francesca Online
Piero's students included Pietro Perugino, Melozzo da Forlí and Luca Signorelli.
Piero della Francesca at the Louvre Museum, Paris
All images and text on this Piero della Francesca page are copyright 1999-2005 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
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 AllRefer.com - Piero della Francesca (European Art To 1599, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Piero della Francesca (European Art To 1599, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Piero della Francesca, European Art To 1599, Biographies
Piero della Francesca[pye´rO del´lA frAnchAs´kA] Pronunciation Key, c.1420–1492, major Italian Renaissance painter, b.
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 Piero della Francesca
Piero della Francesca, c.1420–1492, major Italian Renaissance painter, b.
Francesca, Piero della - Francesca, Piero della: see Piero della Francesca.
International: Resurrection of Piero's masterpiece After 15 years of work and at a cost of more than pounds 3 million, Piero della Francesca's fresco cycle The Legend of the True Cross has been saved (The Sunday Telegraph)
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