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UCCELLO, Paolo: Birth of the Virgin

🖼 Birth of the Virgin, c. 1435
Fresco
302 × 361 cm
Prato, Italy

Geometric perspective structures an interior scene where attendants surround the reclining Virgin in crisp, architectural space. Uccello's pioneering use of linear perspective transforms a sacred narrative into a demonstration of Renaissance mathematical principles and spatial innovation.

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