Sienese Painting

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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An essential visual overview for students and readers with an interest in Sienese art, history and Renaissance culture. For two centuries, the city-republic of Siena was home to a brilliant succession of painters who created some of the greatest masterpieces of all time; an imagery unmatched in colouristic intensity and spatial experimentation. This overview, now revised and updated, is an essential introduction to this extraordinary artistic tradition. Taking a broadly chronological approach, it moves from the 14th-century Siena of Duccio, Simone Martini and the Lorenzetti brothers, to the 15th-century city of Sassetta and Giovanni di Paolo. Perceptive visual analysis of the distinctive styles and conventions of Sienese painting is combined with clear explanations of traditional techniques such as fresco and tempera. The works are also placed in their social and religious context through discussion of Siena’s system of government, its civic consciousness, the importance of the Franciscan movement and the cults of local saints. An accomplished writer as well as a practising artist, Timothy Hyman brings breadth of knowledge and experience to this extensively illustrated book, brilliantly conveying his personal enthusiasm for Sienese art.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-10-13
Mått150 x 210 x 18 mm
Vikt520 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieWorld of Art
Antal sidor248
Upplaga2
FörlagThames & Hudson Ltd
ISBN9780500204870

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Timothy Hyman is well known both as a writer on art and a painter. He was elected a Royal Academicianin 2011 and is an honorary research fellow at University College London. He has exhibited widely and his work is in many public collections, including the British Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Deutsche Bank Collection. He was lead curator of Tate’s major Stanley Spencer retrospective exhibition and has written a pioneering monograph on Bhupen Khakhar. His articles have appeared in the Times Literary Supplement and the London Magazine, and he is the author of Bonnard and Sienese Painting, both published by Thames & Hudson.

Introduction: ’An Art Born Amidst City Streets’: The Image of the City 1. Duccio and the Religion of the CommuneThe Expanded IconPisans and ParisiansThe MaestàNarrative and Predella'From Greek, Back into Latin’ 2. Simone Martini: ‘The Sweet New Style’In the French High FashionThe Montefiore Chapel and Franciscan NarrativeSimone in Siena 1328–33The Guidoriccio and Barna ControversiesWith Petrarch in Avignon: ‘il mio Simon’ 3. Pietro Lorenzetti: Towards a Franciscan ArtThe Passion Cycle at Assisi'A Sweetly Passionate Abandonment to Feeling’New MajestiesImagery of the Journey: Dante and Blessed UmiltàA New Birth 4. Ambrogio Lorenzetti: The Golden Age ReturnsIn the Service of Ben ComunThe Image of a Just Society'The Space of Vernacular Style’The Winter WallThe Cosmographer 5. After the Black Death (1348–1420)Bartolo and Taddeo: ‘Patent Mediocrities’?The Fountain and the Font: Jacopo della Quercia'Lowliness’: Bernardino and the Sienese Saints 6. Second Flowering: SassettaAn Alternative RenaissanceFrancis, Jester of GodAn Agglomeration of GlimpsesVerticality 7. Giovanni di Paolo: The Chessboard JourneyDeath and the Dante IlluminationsThe John the Baptist CyclesThe Storyteller 8. The Lost Cause: From the Master of the Osservanza to Francesco di GiorgioAsciano and the Shared IdiomTowards PienzaFrancesco di Giorgio and ‘Mathematical Humanism’Discarding the ‘Humble Style’ Epilogue: The Rediscovery