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"He also did many works in Perugia that can still be seen today. For example, in the Church of the nuns of St Anthony of Padua he painted a panel in tempera showing Our Lady with the Child in her lap, St Francis, St Elizabeth, St John the Baptist, and St Anthony of Padua." I-196
Madonna and Child with Saints, Perugia
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"Above it is a very fine Annunciation with an angel who really seems to have come straight from heaven and, in addition, a beautifully painted row of columns diminishing in perspective." I-196
Madonna and Child with Saints (detail)
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"Piero made an intense study of painting and perspective. He acquired an intimate knowledge of Euclid, understanding better than any other geometrician the nature of the perfect curves drawn on a basis of regular bodies; and the clearest elucidations of these matters come from his pen." I-196
From 'De Prospectiva pingendi'
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From 'De Prospectiva pingendi'
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"Piero Lorentino d'Angelo of Arezzo was a pupil of his who imitated his style in the many pictures he did in Arezzo..He did [a] picture for Santa Maria delle Grazie showing Pope Sixtus IV standing between the cardinal of Mantua and Cardinal Piccolomini (afterwards Pius III) and granting an indulgence to that place." I-196 Pope Sixtus IV by Lorentino, Arezzo
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