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

Sienese plural

1. an inhabitant of Siena.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Sienese
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Sienese

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

Example Sentences

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Sienese

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

These works navigate the divide between abstraction and representation with a form of geometric figuration that owes less to Cubo-Futurism than to de Chirico, architectural rendering and early Renaissance painting of the Sienese kind.

From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2012

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

Two sets of his Sonnets have been preserved, the one upon the Months, addressed to the leader of a noble Sienese company; the other on the Days, to a member of a similar Florentine society.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington