Piero della Francesca

American  

[pee-air-oh del-uh fran-ches-kuh, frahn-, pye-raw del-lah frahn-che-skah] / piˈɛər oʊ ˈdɛl ə frænˈtʃɛs kə, frɑn-, ˈpyɛ rɔ ˈdɛl lɑ frɑnˈtʃɛ skɑ /

noun

1. Piero de' Franceschi, Francesca, Piero della.

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Piero della Francesca British  

/ ˈpjɛːro ˌdɛlla franˈtʃeska /

noun

1. ?1420–92, Italian painter, noted particularly for his frescoes of the Legend of the True Cross in San Francesco, Arezzo

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Example Sentences

This came to me again on my first viewing of “The Resurrection,” a large painting by Piero della Francesca hanging in the Town Hall of Borgo Sansepolcro, Italy, a town close to Arezzo, the home of his famous frescoes.

From The Wall Street Journal

“What jumps out is the art and the exuberant monumentality of Piero della Francesca, because the whole is much more than the sum of its parts,’’ said co-curator Machtelt Bruggen Israels of the University of Amsterdam.

From Seattle Times

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

European paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder, Fra Angelico, Piero della Francesca, Tintoretto, Rembrandt, Nicolas Poussin and other artists in the Western canon echo in his work, submerged within Modernist forms.

From Los Angeles Times

They talked about perception in art history, going as far back as Piero della Francesca.

From New York Times