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A great master of the early Renaissance, Piero della Francesca
cre-ated paintings for ecclesiastics, confraternities, and
illustriousnobles throughout the Italian peninsula. Since the early
twentiethcentury, the rational space, abstract designs, lucid
illumination,and naturalistic details of his pictures have
attracted a wide audi-ence. Piero''s treatises on mathematics and
perspective also fasci-nate scholars in a wide range of
disciplines. The Cambridge Com-panion to Piero della Francesca
brings together new essays thatoffer a synthesis and overview of
Piero''s life and accomplishmentsas a painter and theoretician. They
explore a variety of themesassociated with the artist''s career,
including the historical and reli-gious circumstances surrounding
Piero''s altarpieces and frescoes;the politics underlying his
portraits; the significance of clothing inhis paintings; the
influence of his theories on perspective andmathematics; and the
artist''s enduring fascination for modernpainters and writers.
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