Resurrection

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Resurrection is a renowned fresco by Italian Renaissance master Piero della Francesca, celebrated for its serene yet powerful depiction of the risen Christ and its masterful use of perspective and light.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious painting ⓘ
fresco ⓘ
alsoKnownAs La Resurrezione ⓘ
artForm fresco painting ⓘ
artHistoricalPeriod Early Renaissance ⓘ
artisticSchool School of Arezzo and Sansepolcro ⓘ
author Piero della Francesca ⓘ
compositionStyle symmetrical composition ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
creator Piero della Francesca ⓘ
culture Italian ⓘ
depictionOfEvent Christ rising from the dead ⓘ
depicts Jesus Christ ⓘ
Resurrection of Christ ⓘ
Roman soldiers ⓘ
sleeping guards at Christ’s tomb ⓘ
genre religious art ⓘ
hasPart Christ holding a banner of the Resurrection ⓘ
city walls in the background ⓘ
landscape with bare and leafy trees ⓘ
iconographicTheme Triumphant Christ emerging from the tomb ⓘ
inception 15th century ⓘ
c. 1460 ⓘ
influencedBy Christian theology of the Resurrection ⓘ
Renaissance interest in geometry and perspective ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Italian ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Italy ⓘ
Sansepolcro ⓘ
Tuscany ⓘ
location Museo Civico di Sansepolcro ⓘ
mainSubject risen Christ ⓘ
materialUsed fresco technique on wall ⓘ
movement Italian Renaissance ⓘ
notableFor masterful use of perspective ⓘ
monumental frontal figure of Christ ⓘ
serene depiction of the risen Christ ⓘ
subtle use of light and shadow ⓘ
originalLocation Palazzo della Residenza, Sansepolcro ⓘ
significance considered one of Piero della Francesca’s masterpieces ⓘ
regarded as an iconic image of the Italian Renaissance ⓘ
significantPlace Sansepolcro ⓘ
theme contrast between sleep and awakening ⓘ
divine serenity ⓘ
victory over death ⓘ
title Resurrection ⓘ
uses chiaroscuro ⓘ
linear perspective ⓘ
visualCharacteristic balanced, geometric arrangement of figures ⓘ
calm, frontal pose of Christ ⓘ

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Piero della Francesca → notableWork → Resurrection ⓘ
Resurrection (Piero della Francesca) → title → Resurrection ⓘ
subject linked to: Resurrection