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    UCCELLO’S RENAISSANCE MASTERPIECE

    Aug 04, 2022 0 minutes

    art of a set of three paintings by the Florentine depicts an engagement between the Italian republics of Florence and Siena. Fought on 1 June 1432, the battle was considered a Florentine victory. The pictured panel shows the Florentine commander Niccolò da Tolentino leading a cavalry charge riding a white horse and wearing a magnificent red and gold hat. The painting is an early example of linear perspective – the use of lines to create three-dimensional impressions within a picture.

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