Piero della Francesca
Americannoun
noun
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The static geometry of the figures recalls Piero della Francesca, but with an indifference to optical perfection whose gentle awkwardness charms.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023
The account of the Passion, Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus is central to Christianity, and served as inspiration for masters including Giotto, Duccio, Piero della Francesca, da Vinci, Michelangelo and Tintoretto.
From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2017
“There are some artists in the textbooks today — like Botticelli or Piero della Francesca — who were long forgotten for centuries and then rediscovered by writers and artists,” Mr. Geronimus said.
From Washington Times • Feb. 1, 2015
Paintings Close to Home for an Italian Renaissance Master In his day Piero della Francesca was as well known a mathematician as he was an artist.
From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2012
It is presumably for this reason that Pacioli’s first biographer, Bernardino Baldi, writing in the late sixteenth century, attributed the painting to Piero della Francesca, whose expert knowledge of the regular solids was well known.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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