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PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA: 10. Annunciation

🖼 10. Annunciation, 1452-66
Fresco
329 × 193 cm
Assisi, Italy

Geometric light floods a colonnade where Gabriel kneels before Mary, their figures rendered in crisp perspective and cool tones. Della Francesca's mathematical precision transforms the sacred encounter into a study of space and divine order, defining Renaissance spiritual art.

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E. H. Gombrich
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