Siena : the rise of painting, 1300-1350 / edited by Joanna Cannon ; with Caroline Campbell and Stephen Wolohojian.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cannon, Joanna, 1951- editor.

Campbell, Caroline, 1973- contributor.

Wolohojian, Stephan, contributor.

Tedbury, Imogen, contributor.

Gardner von Teuffel, Christa, contributor.

Cooper, Donal, contributor.

De Marchi, Andrea, contributor.

Capron, Emma, contributor.

Llewellyn, Laura, contributor.

Dent, Peter, 1975- contributor.

Marzullo, Francesca, contributor.

Davies, Glyn, 1974- contributor.

Williamson, Beth, contributor.

Monnas, Lisa, contributor.

Guérin, Sarah M., contributor.

Gordon, Dillian, contributor.

Nash, Susie, contributor.

Flory, Nicholas, contributor.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.

National Gallery (Great Britain), hosting institution, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painting, Italian--Italy--Siena--14th century--Exhibitions.

Painting, Italian.

Painting, Gothic--Italy--Siena--14th century--Exhibitions.

Painting, Gothic.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

311 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Distribution:

[New Haven] : Yale University Press

Place of Publication:

London : National Gallery Global, [2024]

Summary:

"In the early 1300s the city of Siena gave rise to an extraordinary period of creativity and innovation. Painters, sculptors and goldsmiths produced remarkable works whose impact was felt far beyond the city's walls. From vast altarpieces to portable objects for private devotion, the art emanating from Siena left an enduring legacy. This book traces the evolution of a celebrated era of Italian art, a turning point when the prestige of painting reached new heights. Siena became the centre of a rich exchange of ideas between artists and art forms, as painters took inspiration from marble and ivory sculptures, intricate metalwork and precious imported silks to enhance the power of their work. Travelling beyond their native city, Sienese artists made their mark across Italy and into northern Europe"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Directors' foreword

Curator's introduction

Siena : myth and reality / Caroline Campbell

Duccio of Siena

Duccio's Maestà for the Cathedral of Siena and the Prestige of Siena painting / Joanna Cannon

In focus : the back predella of Duccio's Maestà / Imogen Tedbury

In focus : two portable triptychs by Duccio / Joanna Cannon

The heirs of Duccio's Maestà

Reconstructing the Sienese altarpiece : procedures and proposals / Christa Gardner von Teuffel

Sienese art on the road : Pietro Lorenzetti's formative years as a peripatetic painter / Donal Cooper and Andrea De Marchi

In focus : Pietro Lorenzetti's Pieve polyptych / Donal Cooper and Andrea De Marchi

Cortesia Fe' : Simone Martini and court art / Emma Capron

In focus : two portable altarpieces by Simone Martini / Laura Llewellyn and Imogen Tedbury

'A most famous and outstanding painter' : Ambrogio Lorenzetti / Stephan Wolohojian

In focus : the stories of Saint Nicholas / Stephan Wolohojian

Sienese contemporaries

Tino di Camaino, Pietro Lorenzetti and the body of Christ / Peter Dent

In focus : the tomb of Gastone della Torre by Tino di Camaino / Francesca Marzullo

Sienese goldsmiths in Siena and beyond / Glyn Davies

In focus : the Fitzwilliam gilded glass and the Cleveland reliquary frame / Beth Williamson

Siena and the wider world

Imitation and imagination : figured silks in the paintings of Duccio, Simone Martini and Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti / Lisa Monnas

In focus : Gothic ivories in Italy : reviewing the evidence / Sarah M. Guérin

Courtly responses to Sienese painting : from Siena to Northern Europe via Avignon / Dillian Gordon

In focus : the de Limbourg brothers and Simone Martini's Orsini polyptych / Susie Nash

Sienese paintings : dismembered, revalued, collected / Imogen Tedbury

Artist biographies / Francesca Marzullo

List of exhibited works / Nicholas Flory

List of lenders

Bibliography

Picture credits

Index

Authors

Acknowledgements

Notes:

Published in the occasion of the exhibition of the same title, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 13 October 2024 - 26 January 2025 and at the National Gallery, London, 8 March - 23 June 2025.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-304) and index

ISBN:

9781857097160

1857097165

OCLC:

1430412292