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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Italian painter of the quattrocento whose works, including the fresco cycle Legend of the True Cross (1452–1459), show a mastery of geometric perspective.
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Glaser opens his talk with a creative exploration of the famous renaissance painting, a portrait of Piero della Francesca, taking this old subject, breaking it down, and redefining it.
WATCH: Legendary Graphic Designer Milton Glaser Breaks Down An Idea, TED Talk Sophia Moreno-Bunge 2011
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Glaser opens his talk with a creative exploration of the famous renaissance painting, a portrait of Piero della Francesca, taking this old subject, breaking it down, and redefining it.
WATCH: Legendary Graphic Designer Milton Glaser Breaks Down An Idea, TED Talk Sophia Moreno-Bunge 2011
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No one thinks it remarkable that somewhere above an ocean we flew past a vast white candy-floss island which would have made a perfect seat for an angel or even God himself in a painting by Piero della Francesca.
Jason Silva: The Performing Philosophers Jason Silva 2011
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Oxford had encouraged Burne-Jones's penchant for dreaming, as did his subsequent trips to Italy, where he discovered kindred spirits in early Renaissance painters like Botticelli and Piero della Francesca.
A Penchant for Dreaming Henrik Bering 2012
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No one thinks it remarkable that somewhere above an ocean we flew past a vast white candy-floss island which would have made a perfect seat for an angel or even God himself in a painting by Piero della Francesca.
Jason Silva: The Performing Philosophers Jason Silva 2011
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No one thinks it remarkable that somewhere above an ocean we flew past a vast white candy-floss island which would have made a perfect seat for an angel or even God himself in a painting by Piero della Francesca.
Jason Silva: The Performing Philosophers Jason Silva 2011
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At first glance, we read it as a kind of still life—Guston liked Giorgio Morandi's work—although the solemn, confrontational quality of the ensemble signals that Piero della Francesca, the master of eloquently aligned geometric figures, was one of Guston's heroes.
An Anxious Modern Eyes the Eternal City Karen Wilkin 2011
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Bresson preferred not to discuss his biography, but it is known that he began as a painter, and his frontal, carefully framed figures recall Byzantine art and the frescoes of Giotto and Piero della Francesca.
Salvation at the Forum Kristin M. Jones 2012
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No one thinks it remarkable that somewhere above an ocean we flew past a vast white candy-floss island which would have made a perfect seat for an angel or even God himself in a painting by Piero della Francesca.
Jason Silva: The Performing Philosophers Jason Silva 2011
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Off set, the actors and Mr. Resnais would share their interest in films like "Vertigo"; artists like Piero della Francesca, with his hieratic gestures; and, above all, Lee Falk's comic-strip hero Mandrake.
A Voyage Into Memory and the Subconscious Peter Cowie 2011
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