Sky Arte documentary explores Piero della Francesca's legacy

A documentary on Piero della Francesca premieres on Sky Arte on Sunday, March 3. It begins with his 'Resurrection,' an fresco in the Museo di Sansepolcro that saved the town from destruction during WWII due to Captain Tony Clarke's insubordination and Aldous Huxley's essay calling it 'the most beautiful painting in the world.' The film traces the artist's career, highlighting his fusion of painting and mathematics, Renaissance achievements, and Flemish color and light influences. Always traveling among Renaissance courts in central-northern and Adriatic Italy, Piero was a revolutionary painter who influenced later art. The narrative features scholars Alessandro Angelini, Filippo Camerota, and Silvia Ronchey, explaining his primacy in Italian and European art, established in the late 15th century when works were rediscovered in dusty sacristies and exhibited in museums. Piero became a reference for later artists like Edgar Degas, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Patti Smith.