Art history final ppt 18

Early Italian Renaissance ArtClass #18:

Piero della Francesca’s revolution in form, light, and color;

the introduction of oil painting

Piero della Francesca (ca. 1415-92)Misericordia altarpiece, panel, Pinacoteca Sansepolcro, commissioned 1445

Left: Masaccio, Crucifixion from the Pisa altarpiece, 1426Right: Piero della Francesca, Misericordia altarpiece detail: Crucifixion,

commissioned 1445

Piero della Francesca, Baptism of Christ, panel, National Gallery London,

late 1440s-50s

Piero della Francesca, Resurrection, fresco,

Museo Civico Sansepolcro, ca. 1458

S. Francesco, Arezzo: late 13th-14th century exterior; interior of apse with

Piero’s Legend of the True Cross frescoes

Piero della Francesca, Legend of the True Cross, San Francesco, Arezzo, ca. 1452-57:The Death of Adam (left)

Right: Hercules, panel painting, Gardner Museum, Boston

Piero della Francesca, Legend of the True Cross, San Francesco, Arezzo, ca. 1452-57:

The Queen of Sheba adoring the True Cross; The Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

Piero della Francesca, Legend of the True Cross, San Francesco, Arezzo, ca. 1452-57:

The Discovery and Recognition of the True Cross

Piero della Francesca, Legend of the True Cross, San Francesco, Arezzo, ca. 1452-57:

The Battle of Constantine and Maxentius

Piero della Francesca, Legend of the True Cross, San Francesco, Arezzo, ca. 1452-57: The Dream of Constantine

Piero della Francesca, Legend of the True Cross, San Francesco, Arezzo, ca. 1452-57:

Battle of Heraclius and Chosroes

Piero della Francesca, Legend of the True Cross, San Francesco, Arezzo, ca. 1452-57: Annunciation

Piero della Francesca, Flagellation, panel painting, ca. 1463-64

Church of San Bernardino, Urbino(Distant view, from central Urbino)

Left: Piero della Francesca, Madonna and Child with Saints, Brera Gallery, Milan, ca. 1472-74

Right: Masaccio, Madonna and Child from the Pisa Altarpiece, 1427

Piero della Francesco, Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza, 1472

Piero della Francesco, Triumphs of Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza, 1472