Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
View of an Ideal City
Alternate Title:
Veduta di città ideale
Image View:
Detail, left half of painting; large public building or palazzo with open portico and well in front
Creator:
unknown (Italian) painter
Location:
repository: Galleria Nazionale delle Marche (Urbino, Marches, Italy)
Location Note:
Palazzo Ducale di Urbino Piazza Rinascimento 13
GPS:
43.723333 12.637778
Date:
ca. 1490-1499 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
tempera paint on wood panel
Technique:
painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
67 cm (height) x 238 cm (width)
Subjects:
cityscape; ideal cities
Description:
Formerly attributed to Piero della Francesca, who was also a mathematician. Other attributions include Luciano Laurana. Baldi attributed to Laurana architectural perspective drawings, which some writers (e.g. Budinich, Kimball, Krautheimer) have identified as three perspective views of Urbino (Baltimore, MD, Walters A.G.; Berlin, Gemäldegal.; Urbino, Pal. Ducale). The architectural forms of the buildings, however, seem closer to those of Giuliano da Sangallo. Melozzo da Forlì has also been mentioned as a possible creator. It shows Classically influenced architecture disposed in a logically planned piazza. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-PIERO-GNM-IC-A09
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

View of an Ideal City