and minds that may yet be transmitted to and shared
with another devotee.
As in the first painting, St. Jerome inhabits a landscape
imbued with all the civility and grace of the Renaissance;
this time we see in the near distance a walled town of
white buildings embraced by a lake and rolling hills.
Piero's version of St. Jerome's vita contemplativa focuses
on its beneficent pleasures: the joys of reading and the
pleasures of fellowship without passionate attachment—
to anyone but God. H
Piero della Francesca: Personal Encounters
continues through March 30
th
, 2014
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
+1 (212) 535.7710
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