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Why was Piero della Francesca’s importance reevaluated in the 20th century?
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Piero della Francesca
The Flagellation of Christ, tempera on wood panel by Piero della Francesca, late 1450s; in the National Gallery of the Marches, Urbino, Italy.
Piero della Francesca’s importance was reevaluated in the 20th century as scholars reconstructed his career and recognized his work as a major contribution to the Italian Renaissance.
While his serene and disciplined exploration of perspective had little influence on his contemporaries, modern analysis has provided proper credit to both the science and the poetry of his art. His unique ability to combine mathematical rigor with artistic vision—exemplified by his mastery of light, color, and spatial definition—is now celebrated as one of the most original styles of his time.1