Piero della Francesca

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Piero della Francesca
Portrait of Piero della Francesca from a 1648 edition of The Lives
Born	Piero di Benedetto c. 1415[1] Sansepolcro, Republic of Florence
Died	12 October 1492(1492-10-12) (aged 76–77) Sansepolcro, Republic of Florence
Nationality	Italian
Known for	Painting, Fresco
Notable work	The Baptism of Christ Flagellation of Christ Brera Madonna
Movement	Early Renaissance

Piero della Francesca (/ˌpjɛəroʊ ˌdɛlə frænˈtʃɛskə/ PYAIR-oh DEL-ə fran-CHESK-ə,^[2] US also /- frɑːnˈ-/ -⁠ frahn-;^[3][4] Italian: [ˈpjɛːro della franˈtʃeska] ^ⓘ; né Piero di Benedetto; c. 1415^[1] – 12 October 1492) was an Italian painter, mathematician and geometer of the Early Renaissance,^[5] nowadays chiefly appreciated for his art. His painting is characterized by its serene humanism, its use of geometric forms and perspective. His most famous work is the cycle of frescoes The History of the True Cross in the Basilica of San Francesco in the Tuscan town of Arezzo.