Resumen de Piero della Francesca's giants
The writer suggests that the grandeur and monumentality of Piero della Francesca's paintings is attributable to the artist's use of a low horizon in his perspective constructions. Low horizons are uncommon in Quattrocento painting and were usually only used in works that make it clear that the viewer is supposed to be standing on a lower level than the figures within the pictorial space. In the case of Piero's paintings, the viewer does not look up at the figures, but across toward them, which creates the illusion that his works are peopled with figures of normal height.
