Simone Martini’s Saint Martin cycle

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Gothic artwork fresco cycle religious painting series

Simone Martini’s Saint Martin cycle is a renowned series of Gothic frescoes depicting the life of Saint Martin, painted by the Sienese master in the early 14th century.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gothic artwork ⓘ fresco cycle ⓘ religious painting series ⓘ
artForm	fresco ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance	important example of narrative fresco cycles ⓘ key work of early 14th-century Sienese painting ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
creator	Simone Martini NERFINISHED ⓘ
depicts	Christian saints ⓘ Saint Martin as a Roman soldier ⓘ Saint Martin as a bishop ⓘ Saint Martin of Tours NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Martin sharing his cloak with a beggar ⓘ angels ⓘ architectural backdrops ⓘ contemporary courtly costumes ⓘ miraculous events ⓘ
genre	Gothic art NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAspect	didactic religious narrative ⓘ liturgical function ⓘ
hasPart	death of Saint Martin ⓘ miracles of Saint Martin ⓘ scenes from the youth of Saint Martin ⓘ scenes of Saint Martin’s charity ⓘ scenes of Saint Martin’s episcopal life ⓘ scenes of Saint Martin’s military life ⓘ
inception	early 14th century ⓘ
influenced	International Gothic style NERFINISHED ⓘ later Sienese painters ⓘ
influencedBy	Byzantine painting tradition ⓘ French Gothic art NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions	Latin ⓘ
mainSubject	life of Saint Martin ⓘ
materialUsed	pigments on plaster ⓘ
movement	Sienese School NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	courtly Gothic figures ⓘ elegant linear style ⓘ narrative clarity ⓘ refined color harmonies ⓘ
period	Trecento ⓘ
portrays	Saint Martin as bishop-saint ⓘ Saint Martin as model of charity ⓘ Saint Martin as soldier-saint ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
style	International Gothic precursor ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted	Late Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesTechnique	buon fresco ⓘ fresco secco details ⓘ

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