5 things to know about Piero della Francesca

Piero della Francesca | Polittico ella Misericordia

Polittico ella Misericordia, dettaglio con autoritratto di Piero della Francesca. Image source: Valtiberina Toscana Turismo.it

5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA

Piero della Francesca, one of the greatest 15th century Italian artists, a pioneer of the Italian Renaissance who had significant influence in the development of Italian painting.

Piero della Francesca spending most of his life at the most important Courts in Central and Adriatic Italy.
Among the wide number of Italian Courts, a special place was occupied by Urbino. A small centre in the hills of the Apennines inland, cleverly turned by Duke Federico da Montefeltro into one of the most lively centres of the Renaissance, Urbino gradually become the capital of the intellectual and mathematic orientation of the arts.

5 things to know about Piero della Francesca.

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With Colored Content: never apologize and never explain

wieteke heldens

WITH COLORED CONTENT: NEVER APOLOGIZE AND NEVER EXPLAIN

Wieteke Heldens (NL/USA) will show new work made during her two months residency at Fusion Art Gallery in Torino.

On view will be among other things “Content drawings” on used paper bags from Torino, “The Italian Legend” on canvas and “The day that Donald Trump is elected the 45th president of the United States” with egg tempera.
Never apologize and never explain is a motto from Carl Andre that Hanne Darboven often used.

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Eternity in art

Andrea Prandi artista contemporaneo

Andrea Prandi, Panspermia (2015)

ETERNITA’ NELL’ARTE (ETERNITY IN ART): A NEW ART EXHIBITION FEATURING ANDREA PRANDI

Eternità nell’arte (Eternity in art) is the new art exhibition featuring the contemporary artist Andrea Prandi.

I knew him in Venice on the occasion of the exhibition Il Cinema nell’Arte (“The world of Cinema in art”), and this time his works are displayed in Rome in the Basilica of Santi Quattro Coronati, from November 12th to December 18th 2016.

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