The Forest Fire

The Forest Fire (c. 1505) is a painting by Italian Renaissance painter Piero di Cosimo. The painting depicts a variety of frightened animals attempting to escape a forest fire. The painting has a lot of activity, at the center of which is the raging fire itself.[2] One of the earliest landscape paintings of the Renaissance, it combines real animals as well as made up animals. It was inspired by Book 5 of Lucretius's On the Nature of Things.[3]

The Forest Fire
ArtistPiero di Cosimo
Year1505
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions71 cm × 202 cm (28 in × 80 in)
LocationAshmolean Museum, Oxford[1]

Further reading

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References

  1. "Piero di Cosimo (1461 - 1522): The Forest Fire". Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
  2. "ITP 181: The Forest Fire by Piero di Cosimo". Andrew Graham-Dixon. Archived from the original on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
  3. Geronimus, Dennis (2007-01-31). Piero di Cosimo: Visions Beautiful and Strange. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300109113.
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