9781605984940-1605984949-Piero's Light: In Search of Piero della Francesca: A Renaissance Painter and the Revolution in Art, Science, and Religion

Piero's Light: In Search of Piero della Francesca: A Renaissance Painter and the Revolution in Art, Science, and Religion

ISBN-13: 9781605984940
ISBN-10: 1605984949
Edition: 1
Author: Larry Witham
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover 368 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781605984940
ISBN-10: 1605984949
Edition: 1
Author: Larry Witham
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover 368 pages

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Piero's Light: In Search of Piero della Francesca: A Renaissance Painter and the Revolution in Art, Science, and Religion (ISBN-13: 9781605984940 and ISBN-10: 1605984949), written by authors Larry Witham, was published by Pegasus Books in 2014. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other Artists, Architects & Photographers (Arts & Literature, Europe, Historical, Italy, European History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Piero's Light: In Search of Piero della Francesca: A Renaissance Painter and the Revolution in Art, Science, and Religion (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Artists, Architects & Photographers books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.44.

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In the tradition of The Swerve and Galileo's Daughter, Piero's Light reveals how art, religion and science came together at the dawn of the modern world in the paintings of one remarkable artist 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 reveals how he was part of the philosophical revival of Platonism, an ancient worldview that would shape art, religion, and science's transition toward modernity. Just sixteen of Piero's paintings survive, but these images and his writings would fuel some of the greatest art historical debates of all time. Through Witham's wide research, Piero emerges as a figure who marks a turning point in Western culture. Our past understanding of faith, beauty, and knowledge has been radically altered by a secular age, and the story of Piero helps us understand how this has taken place. The search for Piero has continued among both intrepid scholars and art lovers of all kinds, and it is no wonder: few artists in history take us as deeply into the intellectual excitement of the Renaissance as Piero della Francesca.
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