Curator Nathaniel Silver discusses the exhibition “Piero della Francesca in America,” at The Frick Collection through May 19. Piero della Francesca was a founding figure of the Italian Renaissance. The exhibition at the Frick Collection brings together seven works, including six panels from the Sant’Agostino altarpiece—the largest number from this masterwork ever reassembled for display.
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Comments [11]
i thought the show was beautiful. i liked the information on the plaques next to the pictures because they helped you understand the paintings. rthank you
In each case that we refer to a painter by his or her first name, is that the name they used in signing their work?
Saint Appollonia looks as if it could have been painted by a classical Roman mkuralist.
ALter pieces torn from their settings...Although this discussion is about the Frick works, can you comment on the loss of great works from our sacred places: Like the Cole Hudson River School masterpiece being sold off at Christies? How much are we losing from American soil and from the small institutions that are selling off, deaccessioning native works of American art
Can you imagine the beauty of hearing Mass in front of this altar piece!
Wish we could get the slide show fullscreen!
And these paintings are opportunities for the painter to express theological ideas as a theologian or philosopher would.
Amazing pieces. I want to see them up close.
Oops, I meant "Run don't walk." Not so brilliant of me.
Walk don't run to this exhibition. Seven works, all brilliant.
At a time when, of course, not everyone was literate, paintings like those of Francesca served as wonderful catechisms for people. And, looking back, we see that they are just as good as written explanations.
The Baptism, the Resurrection, the Flagellation, are wonderful, among others. Of course there is also the mathematics and perspective also. Beautiful.
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