Piero della Francesca and the Invention of the Artist
Israels, Machtelt Bruggen![Piero della Francesca and the Invention of the Artist](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/336/33622356/CHSBZCOP0333622356.jpg)
As one of the most innovative and enlightened painters of the early Italian Renaissance, Piero della Francesca brought space, luminosity, and unparalleled subtlety to painting. In addition, Piero invented the role of the modern artist by becoming a traveler, a courtier, a geometrician, a patron, and much else besides. In this nuanced account of this great painter's life and art, Machtelt Brüggen Israëls reconstructs how Piero came of age. Succ...