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PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA: Resurrection

🖼 Resurrection, 1463-65
Mural in fresco and tempera
225 × 200 cm
Padua, Italy

Resurrection Piero della Francesca's monumental fresco represents one of the Renaissance's most powerful explorations of divine triumph, painted directly onto the wall of the town hall in his native Sansepolcro. The composition epitomizes the artist's mastery of perspective and geometric clarity, with the risen Christ positioned as an immovable force between the sleeping guards below and the ethereal landscape beyond. This haunting image—where stillness and monumentality convey spiritual presence more profoundly than any dramatic gesture—has captivated viewers for over five centuries as a meditation on resurrection and renewal.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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