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Piero della Francesca, Madonna di Senigallia, oil on panel, 67 cm × 53.5 cm (26 in × 21.1 in), Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino
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"We may be certain that our initial impression of the Arezzo frescos will be overwhelmingly one of color. I never revisit the Church of San Francesco without experiencing the same uprush of feeling that carne over me the first time I stood before that 'sacred wall,' with its greens and pinks, browns and whites, as fresh and pure as open meadowlands, a babe's cheek or limpid springwater... These are the colors of the world at the first dawn of time, as the sun broke over the earth."
Roberto Longhi, Piero della Francesca: 1927 [1]
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The Madonna di Senigallia was finished by Piero della Francesca around 1474. It is housed in the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, in the Ducal Palace of Urbino. The solid figures in Piero della Francesca's painting draw their inspiration from classical sculpture and the faces display an unusual lack of emotion. In 1897, the art critic Bernard Berenson wrote "Impersonality - that is the quality whereby (Piero) holds us spellbound, that is his most distinguishing virtue".
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Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino
Palazzo Ducale di Urbino Piazza Rinascimento 13, 61029 Urbino
www.gallerianazionalemarche.it
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| Piero della Francesca, Madonna di Senigallia, details, Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino |
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[1] Roberto Longhi, Piero della Francesca: 1927: con aggiunte fino al 1962, Nuova ed., Firenze, Sansoni, 1963, p. 47
Roberto Longhi (1890 - 1970) was an Italian academic and art historian. The main subjects of his studies were the painters Caravaggio and Piero della Francesca. Whilst establishing himself as a notable Caravaggio scholar, Longhi retained a lively interest in Piero della Francesca, publishing a monograph in 1928, representing him as the leading painter of the Quattrocento. He believed Piero played a decisive role in the development of Viennese painting. This monograph, which Kenneth Clark opined could hardly be improved upon, is a classic of art-historical literature. [Bloch, Vitale (October 1971). "Obituaries: Roberto Longhi". The Burlington Magazine 113 (823): 609–612]
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