Author : Jeryldene M. Wood
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521652544
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (525 download)
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Piero della Francesca by : Jeryldene M. Wood
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Piero della Francesca written by Jeryldene M. Wood and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-06-03 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.