Piero della Francesca


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Pie·ro del·la Fran·ce·sca

 (pyâr′ō dĕl′ə frăn-chĕs′kə, 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.
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Piero della Francesca

(Italian ˈpjɛːro ˌdɛlla franˈtʃeska)
n
(Biography) ?1420–92, Italian painter, noted particularly for his frescoes of the Legend of the True Cross in San Francesco, Arezzo
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Pie•ro del•la Fran•ce•sca

(piˈɛər oʊ ˈdɛl ə frænˈtʃɛs kə, frɑn-)

n.
(Piero de' Franceschi), Francesca, Piero della.
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