| Description |
ix, 339 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-327) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
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Painting, Italian -- Italy -- Siena.
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Painting, Medieval -- Italy -- Siena.
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Painting, Renaissance -- Italy -- Siena.
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Siena (City-state) -- Civilization.
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| ISBN |
0300099339 |
| Standard No. |
UKM bA3W3156 |
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