Tuscany's Renaissance Master; Celebrating the Perspective of Piero della Francesca From: The Washington Post | Date: June 28, 1992| Author: Jeffrey Rowland | Copyright 1992 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

While celebrations are being prepared this year on both sides of the Atlantic to commemorate one Italian's great discovery, many art lovers in Italy are honoring another countryman who coincidentally died the very day that Columbus set foot in the New World.

In honor of the 500th anniversary of his death, the Renaissance painter Piero della Francesca is now being celebrated via a number of exhibits, conferences and restorations in the Tuscan cities in which he painted.

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