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...must be somewhat infected with a disease most prevalent among the German eighteenth century romantics, namely, longing for Italy. Italy and Italian art have always seemed to me realms of perfect beauty. At 11 o'clock in the Fogg Museum Professor Edgell in Fine Arts 1d will lecture on Umbrian and North Italian Painting, and the opportunity seems too good to miss...
Fine Arts 1d, Professor Edgell, Fogg, "Umbrian School...
Piero Delia Francesca, who was born about 1406 at Borge San Sepulcro, city situated between Arezzo and Urbino and who died in 1492, was one of the leaders of the Umbrian school. Pierro, besides being an artist of distinction, has a great reputation as a mathematician. In 1439 he was apprenticed to Domenic Veneziano, and assisted him in painting the chapel of Sant Egidio in Santa Mari Novella, Florence. He was engaged in painting a fresco in Rimini in 1451. His most important series of frescoes are those in the choir of San Francesco, in Arezzo, depicting the history...
Professor Edgell will give a conference on this picture next Tuesday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. The Fogg Museum gives the following account of Gentile's life and work. "Gentile was an Umbrian artist who was subjected at various times to different influences. At first he felt the Byzantine and Gothic, and later was influenced by Florentine naturalism and Sienese refinement. He was a good story teller and better still, was a poet. He influenced not only Umbrian masters, but the painters of the Marches, Venice and North Italy. In 1423 he painted his most famous work, the "Epiphany...
Piero Della Francesca, who was born about 1406 at Borga San Sepulcro, a city situated between Arezzo and Urbino, and who died in 1492, was one of the leading painters of the Umbrian school. Piero, besides being a painter of distinction, is said to have been thoroughly educated in mathematics. In 1439 he was apprenticed to Domenico Veneziano, and assisted him in painting the Chapel of Sant' Egidio in Santa Maria Novella, in Florence. His most important extant series of frescoes are those in the choir of San Francesco, in Arezzo, depicting the History of the Cross...