caption movement death_date death_place birth_place nationality name field birth_date works image article_title birth_name
a self-portrait , detail from '' the resurrection '' early renaissance 12 october 1492 sansepolcro , republic of florence sansepolcro , republic of florence italian piero della francesca painting , fresco 1415 '' christ '' '' brera madonna '' the baptism of christ '' '' flagellation of resurrection detail.jpg piero della francesca
 piero della francesca
piero della francesca

piero della francesca -lrb- ; c. 1415 -- 12 october 1492 -rrb- was an italian painter of the early renaissance .
as testified by giorgio vasari in his `` lives of the most excellent painters , sculptors , and architects '' , to contemporaries he was also known as a mathematician and geometer .
nowadays piero della francesca is chiefly appreciated for his art .
his painting was characterized by its serene humanism , its use of geometric forms and perspective .
his most famous work is the cycle of frescoes `` the legend of the true cross '' in the church of san francesco in the tuscan town of arezzo .
