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Episode 112 - Arezzo: The Legend of the True Cross by Piero della Francesca

Rebuilding The Renaissance
Rebuilding The Renaissance
Episode • Mar 10, 2021 • 25m

This episode examines the extraordinary fresco cycle in the Basilica of San Francesco in Arezzo, Italy. Painted by Piero della Francesca beginning in 1452 in the high chapel of the church, the frescoes are one the most important painting cycles of the early Renaissance and one of the artist's best-known works. 

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