The Cambridge Companion to Piero della Francesca [Hardcover]

This 2002 volume brings together essays on the work of this master of the early Renaissance.A great master of the early Renaissance, Piero della Francesca created paintings for ecclesiastics, confaternities, and illustratious nobles throughout the Italian peninsula. Since the early twentieth century, the rational space, abstract designs, lucid illumination and naturalistic details of his pictures have attracted wide audiences. Piero's treatises on mathematics and perspective fascinate scholars in a wide range of disciplines. The Cambridge Companion to Piero della Francesca brings together new essays that offer a synthesis and overview of Piero's life and accomplishments as a painter and theoretician.A great master of the early Renaissance, Piero della Francesca created paintings for ecclesiastics, confaternities, and illustratious nobles throughout the Italian peninsula. Since the early twentieth century, the rational space, abstract designs, lucid illumination and naturalistic details of his pictures have attracted wide audiences. Piero's treatises on mathematics and perspective fascinate scholars in a wide range of disciplines. The Cambridge Companion to Piero della Francesca brings together new essays that offer a synthesis and overview of Piero's life and accomplishments as a painter and theoretician.As a great master of the early Renaissance, Piero della Francesca created paintings for ecclesiastics, confaternities, and illustrious nobles throughout the Italian peninsula. Since the early twentieth century, the rational space, abstract designs, lucid illumination and naturalistic details of his pictures have attracted wide audiences. Piero's treatises on mathematics and perspective fascinate scholars in a wide range of disciplines. This Companion brings together new essays that offer a synthesis and overview of Piero's life and accomplishments as a painter and theoretician.1. The Misericordia Polyptych: reflections on spiritual and visual culture in Sansepolcro l“A