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This talk explores the vibrant art of key painters working in Siena during the exciting Trecento. The Sienese loved luxury, colour and design and had a strong sense of civic pride and identity. They used their colourful art to express their piety and political propaganda and also promote their trade in high-quality textiles. There was constant rivalry between Florence and Siena so using art to advertise the beauty of their goods was essential to their economic success.
We will look at a range of murals and panels, including those by the Lorenzetti brothers, Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi and how they used fabrics to represent Sienese identity. This talk ties in with the brilliant 2025 exhibition in the National Gallery, London- Siena-The Rise of Painting 1300- 1350.
Tutor: Jill Harrison
Jill Harrison is an art historian and Research Associate at the Open University. She leads the Trinity Network which she founded in 2018 with the aim of studying all aspects of the Trinity Apse in Edinburgh and the Adornes Network, focusing on the life and legacy of Anselm Adornes. She is co-editing and contributing to two books, Reviving the Trinity: Networks and Materialities in Scotland and Europe, 1400 -1600 and Anselm Adornes: Travel, Trade and Cultural Exchange, Intellectual Networks in Scotland, Bruges and Jerusalem. She is the recipient of an OEC Jean Guild Award for a 2- year project to produce a survey of the Trinity stones dispersed over Edinburgh following the demolition of the building in 1848.
Course Code 09 128
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