NATIONAL GALLERY, Piero Della Francesca
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- Author: STEFANO ZUFFI E DAVIDE TORTORELLA
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Language: English / USA
Just before entering the room dedicated to the Italian painter Piero della Francesca, you'll often see a guard asking you to remain silent, almost like at the entrance to a sanctuary.
Here you can admire two works Piero painted for his beloved birthplace, Borgo San Sepolcro in Tuscany.
Piero della Francesca was a painter and passionate scholar of geometry and perspective who lived and worked in the 15th century. Even though he is considered one of the greatest geniuses in art history, he mostly worked in small-to-medium Italian towns such as Rimini, Arezzo, and Urbino, which were all a little decentralised compared to the great artistic capitals of the time....