Piero della Francesca

Piero della Francesca's paintings organize sacred narratives and portraits through clear light, balanced forms, and measured space. The Flagellation places a biblical event within precise architecture; the Duke and Duchess of Urbino appear in profile against a continuous landscape. In the Baptism of Christ, hills recall the countryside around his hometown of Sansepolcro. He also wrote about mathematics and perspective, interests reflected in his treatment of solid bodies and spatial relationships.