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 NERFINISHED
Trecento NERFINISHED
associatedWith Sienese Republic NERFINISHED
centeredIn Siena NERFINISHED
contrastedWith Florentine school NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Duccio di Buoninsegna NERFINISHED
Giovanni di Paolo NERFINISHED
Matteo di Giovanni NERFINISHED
Pietro Lorenzetti NERFINISHED
Sassetta NERFINISHED
Simone Martini NERFINISHED
hasNotableWork Allegory of Good and Bad Government NERFINISHED
Maestà (Duccio) NERFINISHED
Maestà (Simone Martini) NERFINISHED
influenced International Gothic style NERFINISHED
influencedBy Byzantine art NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED
patronageCenter Siena Cathedral NERFINISHED
Sienese civic government NERFINISHED
region Tuscany NERFINISHED
styleCharacteristic gold grounds
graceful figures
lyrical, poetic mood
ornate patterning
refined contour lines
typicalSubject Christian religious scenes
Madonna and Child NERFINISHED
saints

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Siena hasArtSchool Sienese school
this entity surface form: Sienese School of painting
Republic of Siena hasNotableStyle Sienese school
this entity surface form: Sienese School of painting
Duccio di Buoninsegna influenced Sienese school
this entity surface form: Sienese School of painting
Umbrian school influencedBy Sienese school
Simone Martini memberOf Sienese school
this entity surface form: Sienese School
Duccio di Buoninsegna movement Sienese school
this entity surface form: Sienese School
Simone Martini school Sienese school
this entity surface form: Sienese School
Daniele da Volterra studentOf Sienese school
this entity surface form: Siena school painters