Sienese
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.
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Her answer was more disastrous than any battle; she took her trade from the port of Pisa to the Sienese port Talamone.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonAnd then in the second chapel on the right is a lovely Sienese Madonna, and a strange fresco on the left wall of men taming bulls.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonInfluenced in the beginning by the Sienese, the Umbrian school of painting remained almost entirely religious.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonThe Palazzo itself consists of a huge central square block with Sienese battlements—square with hatched mouldings.
Cathedral Cities of Italy | William Wiehe CollinsSienese boys smoke cheap cigarettes, and the older men get black Tuscan cigars, but this was different.
Olive in Italy | Moray Dalton
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