Piero Della Francesca: The Untold Story of America's Oldest New Community - Hardcover

Lightbown, R.W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1558591680 ISBN 13: 9781558591684

Publisher: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S., 1992

Synopsis

A study of the master of Renaissance painting, Piero della Francesca which describes his innovative use of perspective, the simplicity of his compositions and his sensitive use of light and which also deals with his life and times. The results of recent cleaning of the paintings are analyzed.

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About the Author

Marilyn Aronberg Lavin, an outstanding authority on painting of the early Italian Renaissance, has taught at Princeton and Yale, and is a director of the Piero Project, a computer database on the artist. Her publications include The Place of Narrative Mural Decoration in Italian Churches 431-1600, Piero della Francesca: The Flagellation, Piero della Francesca's Baptism of Christ and Piero della Francesca: San Francesco, Arezzo.

Edition details

• Publisher: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1558591680
• ISBN 13: 9781558591684
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312