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"See the Breathtaking 14th-Century Sienese Artworks That Helped Set the Italian Renaissance in Motion". Smithsonian Magazine; Marcus, J. S. (August 9, 2024). "Medieval Siena gets its place in the spotlight at the National Gallery". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
A miniature depicting the Battle of Montaperti, from the Nuova Cronica (14th century) Medieval coin of the Republic of Siena (12th century) In the 13th century, Siena was predominantly Ghibelline, in opposition to Florence's Guelph position (this conflict formed the backdrop for some of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, completed in 1320).
The Republic of Siena was one of the most powerful of the fourteenth-century Italian city-states, an urban hub filled with bankers and merchants with many international contacts. The fourteenth century was a turbulent time for politics in the Italian cities due to constant violent party struggles; governments were overthrown, and governments ...
The frescoes on the walls of the Room of the Nine (Sala dei Nove) or Room of Peace (Sala della Pace) in Siena's Palazzo Pubblico are one of the masterworks of early Renaissance secular painting. The "nine" was the oligarchal assembly of guild and monetary interests that governed the republic.
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The Noveschi or the IX were a mercantile-banking oligarchy that ruled the Italian city-state of Siena from 1287 to 1355 AD. They oversaw the period of Siena's greatest stability and prosperity in the Medieval era with numerous new construction sites opened such as the Siena Cathedral and the Palazzo Pubblico.
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Simone Martini, Annunciation with St. Margaret and St. Ansanus, 1333. The Sienese school of painting flourished in Siena, Italy, between the 13th and 15th centuries.Its most important artists include Duccio, whose work shows Byzantine influence, his pupil Simone Martini, the brothers Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti and Domenico and Taddeo di Bartolo, Sassetta, and Matteo di Giovanni.