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The central panel is of the common motif of the Virgin of Mercy or Madonna della Misericordia. The larger setting. In 1445, the Compagnia della Misericordia, a confraternity of Borgo San Sepolcro, commissioned Piero, a native of the town, to paint a polyptych for them. According to the taste of the time, the polyptych was to be painted with ...
It is the artist's third known major altarpiece, following his Polyptych of the Misericordia (c. 1444–1464) and Polyptych of Perugia (c. 1460–1470). It was intended for the church of Sant'Agostino (now rededicated as Santa Chiara) in Sansepolcro. The Augustinians there signed a contract with the artist on 4 October 1454, with Angelo di ...
Piero della Francesca (/ ˌ p j ɛər oʊ ˌ d ɛ l ə f r æ n ˈ tʃ ɛ s k ə / PYAIR-oh DEL-ə fran-CHESK-ə, [2] US also /-f r ɑː n ˈ-/- frahn-; [3] [4] Italian: [ˈpjɛːro della franˈtʃeska] ⓘ; né Piero di Benedetto; c. 1415 [1] – 12 October 1492) was an Italian painter, mathematician and geometer of the Early Renaissance, [5] nowadays chiefly appreciated for his art.
The term "ordo amoris," first coined by ancient bishop and theologian St. Augustine in his work, "City of God," has been translated to mean "order of love" or "order of charity."
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Social Security has two other funding sources: benefit taxes on some seniors and interest income earned on money in the program's trust funds. But both of those are in danger right now. The ...
A polyptych (/ ˈ p ɒ l ɪ p t ɪ k / POL-ip-tik; Greek: poly-"many" and ptychē "fold") is a work of art (usually a panel painting) which is divided into sections, or panels. Some definitions restrict "polyptych" to works with more than three sections: [ 1 ] a diptych is a two-part work of art; a triptych is a three-part work; a tetraptych or ...