The Piero Della Francesca Trail
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Book Overview
After four centuries of almost complete neglect, Piero della Francesca is now one of the best known and best loved of all Renaissance painters - to such an extent that the route from one work to... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1892145138
ISBN13:9781892145130
Release Date:January 2002
Publisher:Little Bookroom
Length:83 Pages
Weight:0.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 9.8"
Customer Reviews
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Piero della Francesca book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
A gem of a book - makes a great gift for an art history lover
A compact delight
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
One of the pleasures of a small book is the ability to savour the author's writing. This volume combines Huxley's essay (which makes the startling claim that Piero's Resurrection is the best painting in the world) with Pope-Hennessy's lucid descriptions of Piero's works. The plates are wonderful and well arranged. PH's swipes at Kenneth Clark and John Mortimer would seem churlish in a larger, more ponderous volume, but are merely charmingly opinionated here. A lovely way to spend an hour or two.
This Trail is worth finding
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This small volume (fewer than 60 pages of text) is well worth tracking down through the 'out-of- print' mechanisms. Originally a lecture, the book introduces Piero della Francesca as a "reclusive, silent, rather taciturn friend", but a friend nonetheless. Mr Henessey's rounded analysis and warm descriptions of both the painter and his paintings certainly allow the reader to establish a relationship with Piero. Depsite the author's slightly disparaging remark about "tourists in their rented Fiats" following the Piero della Francesca trail, I urge travellers (Fiat driven, armchair or others) to increase their knowledge, appreciation and sheer enjoyment of Piero by slipping this volume into their luggage or onto the bookshelf. The book is usefully illustrated.
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