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- catalog abstract ""The city of Siena, one of Italy's major artistic centres, was home to many celebrated painters, among them Duccio, Simone Martini, Ambrogio and Pietro Lorenzetti, Sassetta and Beccafumi. This generously illustrated book provides a survey of Sienese painting from 1260 to 1555, an era of extraordinary artistic creativity in the Tuscan city. Art historian Diana Norman addresses the style and artistic technique of Sienese painters throughout the three centuries and explores why paintings were made, where they were originally seen, and how they were used and enjoyed by their audiences."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13068961.
- catalog coverage "Siena (City-state) Civilization.".
- catalog coverage "Siena (Italy) Civilization.".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""The city of Siena, one of Italy's major artistic centres, was home to many celebrated painters, among them Duccio, Simone Martini, Ambrogio and Pietro Lorenzetti, Sassetta and Beccafumi. This generously illustrated book provides a survey of Sienese painting from 1260 to 1555, an era of extraordinary artistic creativity in the Tuscan city. Art historian Diana Norman addresses the style and artistic technique of Sienese painters throughout the three centuries and explores why paintings were made, where they were originally seen, and how they were used and enjoyed by their audiences."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-327) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Topography -- Patrons -- Types of painting -- The profession of painter -- Social status and reputation -- -- 1. Early Sienese painting (1260-1300) -- Early Maesta -- Other sacred art -- Secular art -- -- 2. The 'golden age' of Sienese painting (1300-1355) -- Duccio's Maesta -- Altarpieces for the city's churches -- Civic art in the Palazzo Pubblico -- Paintings for the friars -- Altarpieces for the cathedral -- Private art -- -- 3. Crises, changes and continuities: Sienese painting (1355-1420) -- The Spedale and its patronage of art -- San Leonardo al Lago -- Bartolo Fredi at Montalcino -- More altarpieces for the cathedral -- The cathedral sacristy: frescoes and furnishings -- Diversity and versatility -- Saint Catherine of Siena -- -- 4. Renaissance painting in Siena (1420-1480) -- New ways of honouring the virgin -- Celebrating new saints -- Paintings for the Spedale -- Paintings for the cathedral baptistery -- Paintings for the Palazzo Pubblico -- Renaissance altarpieces -- Paintings for the private 'chamber' -- Siena and renaissance Italy -- -- 5. The later renaissance in Siena (1480-1555) -- Collaboration in the Bichi chapel -- The Piccolomini library -- The 'magnificent chamber' of Pandolfo Petrucci -- Portraits and painted furnishings -- Palace embellishment -- The oratory of Saint Bernardino -- Continuing the cult of Saint Catherine -- Three altarpiece commissions -- Civic piety in the Palazzo Pubblico.".
- catalog extent "ix, 339 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300099339".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Italy Siena.".
- catalog spatial "Siena (City-state) Civilization.".
- catalog spatial "Siena (Italy) Civilization.".
- catalog subject "759/.558 21".
- catalog subject "ND621.S6 N67 2003".
- catalog subject "Painting, Italian Italy Siena.".
- catalog subject "Painting, Medieval Italy Siena.".
- catalog subject "Painting, Renaissance Italy Siena.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Topography -- Patrons -- Types of painting -- The profession of painter -- Social status and reputation -- -- 1. Early Sienese painting (1260-1300) -- Early Maesta -- Other sacred art -- Secular art -- -- 2. The 'golden age' of Sienese painting (1300-1355) -- Duccio's Maesta -- Altarpieces for the city's churches -- Civic art in the Palazzo Pubblico -- Paintings for the friars -- Altarpieces for the cathedral -- Private art -- -- 3. Crises, changes and continuities: Sienese painting (1355-1420) -- The Spedale and its patronage of art -- San Leonardo al Lago -- Bartolo Fredi at Montalcino -- More altarpieces for the cathedral -- The cathedral sacristy: frescoes and furnishings -- Diversity and versatility -- Saint Catherine of Siena -- -- 4. Renaissance painting in Siena (1420-1480) -- New ways of honouring the virgin -- Celebrating new saints -- Paintings for the Spedale -- Paintings for the cathedral baptistery -- Paintings for the Palazzo Pubblico -- Renaissance altarpieces -- Paintings for the private 'chamber' -- Siena and renaissance Italy -- -- 5. The later renaissance in Siena (1480-1555) -- Collaboration in the Bichi chapel -- The Piccolomini library -- The 'magnificent chamber' of Pandolfo Petrucci -- Portraits and painted furnishings -- Palace embellishment -- The oratory of Saint Bernardino -- Continuing the cult of Saint Catherine -- Three altarpiece commissions -- Civic piety in the Palazzo Pubblico.".
- catalog title "Painting in late medieval and renaissance Siena (1260-1555) / Diana Norman.".
- catalog type "text".