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Nicholas Penny

Nicholas Penny is the director of the National Gallery.

From the London Review dated 17 April 2003

Journey to Arezzo

  • Piero della Francesca by Roberto Longhi, translated by David Tabbat

“Longhi’s metaphors are sometimes arcane, but they can also be familiar. When he considers the way Piero alternated colours, reversed shapes and repeated froms, he invokes not only chess and heraldry but also the shirts of opposing football teams. The threads of light on the Virgin’s veil are likened to harp strings, but also to cheese in the making.” [ read more . . . ]

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