Sienese

American  

[see-uh-neez, -nees] / ˌsi əˈniz, -ˈnis /

adjective

1. of or relating to Siena or its people.

2. 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.

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noun

plural

Sienese

1. an inhabitant of Siena.

Etymology

Origin of Sienese

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

Example Sentences

Mediobanca and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena both dropped around 2.8% on reports of a dispute between the Sienese bank’s chief executive and a key investor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

The roundel is an original 14th Century artwork attributed to Sienese painter Bartolommeo Bulgarini.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2021

Across the room is a picture by a Sienese contemporary known only as the Master of the Osservanza, of the resurrected Jesus visiting Limbo.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2014

In the Sienese illumination, Earth’s a gnarled green marble, the center of zero, something shot clear through to seen, but who inflated the cosmos around it, tossed it out like a blue plastic float?

From Slate • May 15, 2012

When Charles of Anjou came to Florence, the first stone of Santa Maria Novella had not yet been laid, and the picture now shown there as Cimabue's appears to be a Sienese work.

From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.