Thursday, January 15, 2009

Visit to Siena: notes for Mid Term

Visit to Siena

Palazzo Pubblico:
Frescos of Good and Bad Government by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, 1338-40
Fresco of the Enthroned Madonna also known as the Maesta by Simone Martini 1315.

Cathedral 12th to 14th century by partial design of Nicola Pisano:
Pulpit by Nicola Pisano 1265
Piccolomini Library, commissioned by Pius III to commemorate Pius II in 1502. It was painted by Pinturicchio with the possible presence of Raphael. At the center of the romm there is a roman copy of the greek statue group of the three graces.
Museum of the Opera del Duomo:
Duccio’s Maestá 1308-11.

No comments: