Renaissance Siena : art for a city / Luke Syson [and others].

"The Renaissance in Siena was deliberately shaped and sustained to provide an artistic language for an ambitious and proudly independent city, and was fueled by the patronage of powerful institutions and wealthy families during a period of fascinating power shifts." "Artists such as F...

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Corporate Author: National Gallery (Great Britain)
Other Authors: Syson, Luke.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : National Gallery, 2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • Sponsor's foreword
  • Director's foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Renaissance Siena : art for a city / Luke Syson
  • Civic identity and private patrons in Renaissance Siena / Fabrizio Nevola
  • Renaissance art in Siena : patrons, artists and workshops / Alessandro Angelina
  • Stylistic choices / Luke Syson
  • The patronage of Pandolfo the Magnificent / Philippa Jackson
  • Chronology / Philippa Jackson
  • Catalogue / Luke Syson, Carol Plazzotta, Hugo Chapman, Simona di Nepi, Philippa Jackson, Xavier F. Salomon and Jennifer Sliwka
  • The city and its saints
  • Modernising the tradition
  • Sculpture, drawing and narrative
  • Renaissance art
  • Heroes and heroines
  • Distinguished visitors
  • Domenico Beccafumi and th Sienese tradition
  • Artists' biographies / Gabriele Fattorini
  • Plan of Siena
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Photographic credits
  • List of lenders.