Early in his life Uccello was an apprentice to the Sculptor Ghiberti, later working in Venice as a mosaicist in Venice producing frescos. His art combines the decorative, elaborate Gothic style with early Renaissance perspective.
Works include: The Battle of San Romano -
UFFIZI GALLERY
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Florence The Flood 1446 - fresco Chiostro Verde Santa Maria Novella Florence St George and the Dragon c1456 -
NATIONAL GALLERY
-in London The Miracle of the Desecrated Host c1467 - Galleria Nazionale Urbino
Related artists include:
Casttagno, Gozzoli, Masaccio, Piero della Francesca
The Battle of San Romano (Right panel),
c. 1454-57
Tempera and silver foil on wood panel
Original in the
National Gallery London
Uccello was commissioned by Piero de'Medici to paint the 3 huge panels depicting
the Battle of San Romano.They were for the large hall of the Medici Palace which
was being built by Michelozzo a leading Florentine architect.
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