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Article: Painting in Late Medieval and Rennaisance Siena.(book by Diana Norman )(Book Review)
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Painting in Late Medieval and Renaissance Siena (1260-1555) Diana Norman Yale University Press 25 [pounds sterling] ISBN 0 300 09933 9
Most studies of Sienese art focus on the early trecento. Helen Geddes welcomes an overview that takes a wider perspective.
Sienese painting of the early fourteenth century has always held considerable appeal, from the brilliant hues and vivid narrative of Duccio's Maesta altarpiece, and Simone Martini's graceful Virgin with Child dressed in sumptuous brocades created with delicate tooling and gilded ornament, to the curious personifications and airy evocative panorama of the Sienese contado in the murals of Ambrogio ...