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Piero della Francesca

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Pie·ro del·la Fran·ce·sca  (pyâr dl frn-chsk, frän-) 1420?-1492.
Italian painter of the quattrocento whose works, including the fresco cycle Legend of the True Cross (1452-1459), show a mastery of geometric perspective.
Piero della Francesca (Italian) [ˈpjɛːro ˌdɛlla franˈtʃeska]
n
(Biographies / (?1420-1492) M, Italian, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) ?1420-92, Italian painter, noted particularly for his frescoes of the Legend of the True Cross in San Francesco, Arezzo
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This is a translation of Souvenir d'enfance par Piero della Francesca (1997).
A childhood memory by Piero della Francesca by Reference & Research Book News
So I am not convinced Camerota has fulfilled the "science" part of his brief, particularly since his discussion of mathematical work is cursory throughout, thereby doing much less than justice to Piero della Francesca, Federico Commandino, Giovanni Battista Benedetti, Johannes Kepler, and several others; but his treatment of painting and architecture is of considerable interest.
La prospettiva del Rinascimento: Arte, architettura, scienza by Field, J.V. / Renaissance Quarterly
His exemplars appear to have been Piero della Francesca and Chardin.
Art notes: portraits by David Hockney by Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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