Piero della Francesca
The geometry of a quiet life In the small, sun-drenched town of Sansepolcro, Piero di Benedetto de’ Franceschi lived a life shaped by the precise lines of his surroundings. His father worked with leather and wool, a trade that required a steady hand and an eye for detail. This early environment, far from the crowded workshops of larger cities, provided a foundation of stillness. He learned to see the world through the lens of order. Around 1439, he moved toward Florence, where the air was thick with new ways of seeing. There, he worked alongside Domenico Veneziano and studied the works of Ma…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Piero della Francesca's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.