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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
