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Renaissance Siena : art in context /

"The art of Renaissance Siena is usually viewed in the light of developments and accomplishments achieved elsewhere, but Sienese artists were part of a dynamic dialogue that was shaped by their city's internal political turmoil, diplomatic relationships with its neighbors, social hierarchi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Jenkens, A. Lawrence, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Kirksville, Mo. : Truman State University Press, ©2005.
Series:Sixteenth century essays & studies ; v. 71.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Renaissance Siena, the state of research / A. Lawrence Jenkens
  • Reality and ideality in Sienese Renaissance cityscapes / Judith Steinhoff
  • Palace façades in late medieval and Renaissance Siena : continuity and change in the aspect of the city / Matthias Quast
  • The rebuilding of Siena's Church of Santo Spirito in the late fifteenth century / Mauro Mussolin
  • Narrative in context : the Cassoni of Francesco di Giorgio / Benjamin David
  • Ambrogio Spannocchi's "Bella casa" : creating site and setting in Quattrocento Sienese architecture / Fabrizio J.D. Nevola
  • A fifteenth-century Sienese fabula : the dynastic and patriotic significance of the Piccolomini Library / Stratton D. Green
  • The rise of Saint Catherine of Siena as an intercessor for the Sienese / Susan E. Wegner.