The Resurrection by Piero della Francesca (circa. 1463) is an amazing fresco in Sansepolcro, Tuscany. Not only is the painting amazing, but the painter and the 500 year old story is equally inspiring. The fresco depicts a newly, resurected Jesus Christ emerging from the grave, fresh and renewed, while the Roman soldiers sleep on. Jesus is alive, the miracle has happened, the chains of death have been broken! Has there ever been a painting of a more powerful, alive, Kingly Christ? His face is handsome and rugged, his body is that of a soldier, toned, sculpted ready to lead an army of believers.
Let me turn this over to the video to tell the more recent, also amazing history of "The Resurrection" by Piero della Francesca. A very, unusual, unsuspecting hero emerges, that of the controversial writer Aldous Huxley, A Brave New World. Who could ever imagine that Mr. Huxley would save "The Greatest Picture Ever"?
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I didn't know you were such an art historian. Very cool stuff here!
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