CHAPTER I (NTRODUCTION To those people whose imaginations are adequately sentient to the true message of art the personality of a great master reveals itself like a radiant gleam of colour in some beloved and oft visited canvas-some climax of sound in a symphony or concerto. The colour, getting and spending beauty in its perfect environment becomes a mere patch of red or yellow when parted from its setting, and a similar degeneration befalls the musical phrase when heard dissociated from the prelude and sequence which helped to build up its dignity and expression. But the case of the hypothetical master stands on a somewhat different ground. However completely he may fill his place in the hierarchy of art. however much of charm may evaporate when he comes to be treated individually and apart, the 105s here will not be so manifest as in either of the instances just cited. He remains a potent operative force) a subject for treatment only Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; PAGE; VlI; IX; Xl; I INTRODUCTORY I; II BIOGRAPHICAL RIMINI AND THE VATICAN II; III FRESCOES AT AREZZO • • 27; IV WORKS AT BORGO SAN SEPOLCRO • 40; V BORGO SAN SEPOLCRO AND MONTERCHIO 50; VI VARIOUS WORKS 60; VI I URBINO •• •••••• 73; VIII FERRARA • •• •• 81; IX THE TREATISE ON PERSPECTIVE 87; X THE CHARM OF PIERO HIS PLACE IN ART 95; XI THE INFLUENCE AND POWER OF PIERO • 104; XII HIS PUPILS AND THE RESULT OF HIS WORK 113; CATALOGUE OF THE WORKS OF PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA; British Isles; Germany; Italy; INDEX ••; 125; 127; 127; 130About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books" Classic