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Death of Adam
StyleRenaissance
GenreReligious
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Italian artist Piero della Francesca painted this fresco depicting the death of the biblical patriarch Adam. The aged Adam is surrounded by his descendants in a scene from the Legend of the True Cross.
This is part of Piero's famous fresco cycle at the Basilica of San Francesco in Arezzo.
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About Death of Adam
You can see it at Basilica of San Francesco, Arezzo in Arezzo, Italy. Piero della Francesca created it. The aged Adam is surrounded by his descendants in a scene from the Legend of the True Cross.
Piero della Francesca, the Renaissance master of perspective You can see it at Basilica of San Francesco, Arezzo. The aged Adam is surrounded by his descendants in a scene from the Legend of the True Cross.
It's part of Piero's Legend of the True Cross fresco cycle in the Basilica of San Francesco, Arezzo. This cycle is considered one of the greatest achievements of Renaissance fresco painting.
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