Piero della Francesca - Finestre sull'Arte

Tradition and modernity: the Polyptych of Mercy by Piero della Francesca

On June 11, 1445, the ancient company of Santa Maria della Misericordia of Borgo San Sepolcro commissioned Piero della Francesca (Borgo San Sepolcro, c. 1412 - 1492) to paint a panel to be placed in the confraternity's church, obliging the artist to ...
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Arezzo, work on Piero della Francesca's Legend of the True Cross completed.

The maintenance and conservation overhaul that affected the frescoes of the Legend of the True Cross by Piero della Francesca, a Renaissance masterpiece that adorns the Bacci Chapel of the Basilica of San Francesco in Arezzo, has been completed. As o...
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Piero della Francesca's Resurrection in the pages of art history

At the eastern end of Tuscany, almost on the border withUmbria, nestled on the banks of the Tiber is the small town of Sansepolcro, a reality where art constitutes one of the primary reasons for attraction. Indeed, it is a land that has been the birt...
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Arezzo, visits to restoration site of Piero della Francesca frescoes begin

Visits to the restoration site of Piero della Francesca's Legend of the True Cross , the celebrated cycle of frescoes, a Renaissance masterpiece that decorates the Bacci Chapel in the church of San Francesco in Arezzo, are now underway. From January ...
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Piero della Francesca's Madonna del Parto, one of the most beautiful images of motherhood

An intense and profound scene from Valerio Zurlini's 1972 film La prima notte di quiete stars Alain Delon, who plays the role of Professor Daniele Domenici, and Sonia Petrova, who plays his student Vanina Abati in the film: the two young people find ...
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Around Piero della Francesca's Baptism. The Polyptych of Matteo di Giovanni in Sansepolcro.

Visitors walking through the halls of the Civic Museum of Sansepolcro, after admiring the masterpieces by Piero della Francesca preserved here (the Polyptych of Mercy, the San Giuliano, the San Ludovico di Tolosa and the splendid Resurrection, ...
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A new light for the Madonna del Parto, a masterpiece by Piero della Francesca

New lighting for Piero della Francesca 's masterpiece kept in the medieval village of Monterchi: the Madonna del Parto. Now the work can be admired by all visitors in its splendid colors and appreciating every detail thanks to the intervention of iGu...
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In Arezzo, an exhibition on the territory under the frescoes of Piero della Francesca

The Polo Museale della Toscana and Munus Arts & Culture organize the exhibition Ancient Reflections, Contemporary Visions. Arezzo and its Territory. #Turismolento in the Lower Basilica of San Francesco in Arezzo, which houses the splendid cycle o...
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