Piero della Francesca
Italian painter and mathematician (c. 1416–1492)
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Piero della Francesca was an Italian painter and mathematician who lived from around 1416 to 1492 and is remembered as one of the important artists of the Renaissance. His work is significant because he combined artistic skill with mathematical knowledge, helping to develop new techniques for representing perspective and form that influenced the course of Western art.
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- Born
- 1416?
- Died
- 1492
- Works
- 47
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- Les fresques d'Arezzo
- Dans la demeure du nom
- La leggenda della croce (affreschi in S. Francesco d'Arezzo, parete sinistra)
- Diuina proportione
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Piero della Francesca (/ˌpjɛəroʊ ˌdɛlə frænˈtʃɛskə/ PYAIR-oh DEL-ə fran-CHESK-ə, US also /- frɑːnˈ-/ - frahn-; Italian: [ˈpjɛːro della franˈtʃeska] ; né Piero di Benedetto de' Franceschi; c. 1415 – 12 October 1492) was an Italian painter, mathematician and geometer of the Early Renaissance, nowadays chiefly appreciated for his art. His painting is characterized by its serene humanism, its use of geometric forms and perspective. His most famous work is the cycle of frescoes The History of the True Cross in the Basilica of San Francesco in the Tuscan town of Arezzo.
The Resurrection (c. 1463–65)
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1415 births1492 deaths15th-century Italian mathematicians15th-century Italian painters15th-century people from the Republic of FlorenceArtist authorsBiography articles needing translation from French WikipediaCatholic paintersItalian male paintersItalian Renaissance paintersItalian Roman CatholicsMathematical artists