Piero della Francesca

24th Sept. 2005.
I have now oficially seen every known work by this artist with the exception of the Montefeltro Alterpiece in Milan.
Our history class this weekend took us on a windy tour of Piero della Francescas haunts through Tuscany to Arezzo, and Umbra, and to his place of birth, Sansepolcro. It was amazing seeing all of his works untouched, in their original sites (unlike those in the Louvre in Paris, and the National Gallery in London).
We saw one of his frescoes of the virgin Mary in the quiet little hillside town of Monterchi. They are now fighting the state to keep her.
The ceilings of San Francesco cathedral in Arezzo were breathtaking as they chronicled the story of the golden legend of the tree of mercy and the holy cross.
In Sansepolcro we saw the Resurrection and Polyptych of Misericordia.
Piero della Francesca (1420-92).
Pics- Virgin in Monterchi; and my studio-mate Linda, and myself.