Sienese

[ see-uh-neez, -nees ]

/ ˌsi əˈniz, -ˈnis /

adjective

of or relating to Siena or its people.

pertaining to or designating the style of painting developed in Siena during the late 13th and 14th centuries, characterized by a use of Byzantine forms and iconography modified by an increased three-dimensional quality, decorative linear rhythms, and harmonious, although sometimes ornamental, color.

noun, plural Si·en·ese.

an inhabitant of Siena.

Origin of Sienese

First recorded in 1750–60; Sien(a) + -ese

Examples from the Web for sienese

The Seminary further possesses several good early Sienese paintings.
The Story of Siena and San Gimignano|Edmund G. Gardner
How is your former master, d'Ucello, faring with the Sienese in Orvieto?
The Saracen: The Holy War|Robert Shea
Nor was it his professional services alone which the Sienese artist placed at his patron's disposal.
Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume II (of 3)|James Dennistoun
The Sienese stood his mercenaries and his unsavoury amours for about nine months.
The Story of Siena and San Gimignano|Edmund G. Gardner

No other Sienese sculptor of the Quattrocento approaches Giacomos solitary greatness.
The Story of Siena and San Gimignano|Edmund G. Gardner