Sienese school

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The Sienese school was a major medieval and early Renaissance Italian painting tradition centered in Siena, noted for its elegant linear style, rich color, and spiritual, decorative approach to religious subjects.

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instanceOf Italian painting school
Renaissance art movement
medieval art movement
artForm painting
artHistoricalPeriod Quattrocento
Trecento
associatedWith Sienese Republic
linked to: Republic of Siena
centeredIn Siena
contrastedWith Florentine school
country Italy
distinguishedBy emphasis on line over volume
less emphasis on linear perspective
less interest in anatomical realism
floruit 13th century
14th century
early 15th century
hasNotableArtist Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Duccio di Buoninsegna
Giovanni di Paolo
Matteo di Giovanni
Pietro Lorenzetti
Sassetta
Simone Martini
hasNotableWork Allegory of Good and Bad Government
Maestà (Duccio)
linked to: Maestà

Maestà (Simone Martini)
influenced International Gothic style
influencedBy Byzantine art
Gothic art
languageContext Italian
movementEnd 16th century decline
notedFor decorative approach to religious subjects
elegant linear style
rich color
spiritual approach to religious subjects
partOf Gothic art
Italian Renaissance
patronageCenter Siena Cathedral
Sienese civic government
linked to: Tuscan city-states
region Tuscany
styleCharacteristic gold grounds
graceful figures
lyrical, poetic mood
ornate patterning
refined contour lines
typicalSubject Christian religious scenes
Madonna and Child
saints

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Umbrian school influencedBy Sienese school
Siena hasArtSchool Sienese School of painting
linked to: Sienese school
Simone Martini memberOf Sienese School
linked to: Sienese school
Simone Martini school Sienese School
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Republic of Siena hasNotableStyle Sienese School of painting
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Duccio di Buoninsegna movement Sienese School
linked to: Sienese school
Duccio di Buoninsegna influenced Sienese School of painting
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Daniele da Volterra studentOf Siena school painters
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Ambrogio Lorenzetti memberOf Sienese School
linked to: Sienese school
Museo dell’Opera del Duomo (Siena) theme Sienese school of painting
subject linked to: Museo dell’Opera del Duomo
linked to: Sienese school
Civic Museum of Siena notableFor Sienese school of painting
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Simone Martini’s Saint Martin cycle movement Sienese School
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Pietro Lorenzetti movement Sienese School
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Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Montemassi artStyle Sienese Gothic
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Saint Louis of Toulouse Crowning His Brother Robert of Anjou movement Sienese Gothic
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Maestà (Orvieto Cathedral polyptych) movement Sienese Gothic
linked to: Sienese school
Giusto de’ Menabuoi influencedBy Giotteschi painters
linked to: Sienese school