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Piero´s Light: In Search of Piero della Francesca: A Renaissance Painter and the Revolution in Art, Science, and Religion
Larry Witham
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Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 page color insert. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 29. Weight in Grams: 396.
In the heart of Tuscany, Piero della Francesca became a painter and mathematician at the dawn of the Renaissance, revealing his innovative mind in some of the best known images from that period, and in his unusual writings on geometry. Yet as a personality, Piero remains a mystery. He leaves an enigmatic legacy that ranges from the merging of religion and mathematics to his use of perspective to make painting a “true science.”
In this engaging narrative, Larry Witham transports us to Piero’s tumultuous age, a world of princes and popes, soldiers and schisms. Piero’s Light also ... Read more
In the heart of Tuscany, Piero della Francesca became a painter and mathematician at the dawn of the Renaissance, revealing his innovative mind in some of the best known images from that period, and in his unusual writings on geometry. Yet as a personality, Piero remains a mystery. He leaves an enigmatic legacy that ranges from the merging of religion and mathematics to his use of perspective to make painting a “true science.”
In this engaging narrative, Larry Witham transports us to Piero’s tumultuous age, a world of princes and popes, soldiers and schisms. Piero’s Light also ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781605986937
SKU
V9781605986937
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About Larry Witham
Larry Witham is author of more than twelve books, including By Design: Science and the Sea; Art Schooled; and Picasso and the Chess Player. He lives the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC .
Reviews for Piero´s Light: In Search of Piero della Francesca: A Renaissance Painter and the Revolution in Art, Science, and Religion
“Witham accessibly reviews the Quattrocento’s intellectual, political, and religious climate, summarizing Christian Platonism, Alberti’s On Painting, and describing Piero as an artist who synthesized these ideas in paintings.”
Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly