Description
Book SynopsisProfessor van Os's 20 years of work on Tuscan painting, particularly the Sienese school, is showcased in this volume. It includes his significant contributions to the period leading to the Renaissance in Florence and Siena, addressing methodology, iconography, and individual Sienese painters. Some studies have been specially translated from Dutch.
Table of ContentsPreface
The Devaluation of Research
The History of Art and Social History
Fakes and their Significance for Cultural History
Vecchietta and the Persona of the Renaissance Artist
The Black Death and Sienese Painting. A Problem of Interpretation
Snow in Siena
The Assumption in Sienese Painting
The Madonna and the Mystery Play
St Francis of Assisi as a Second Christ in Early Italian Painting
Vecchietta and Blessed Sorore
The Discovery of an Early Man of Sorrows on a Dominican Triptych
The Earliest Altarpieces of St. Francis
Mary as Seamstress
Possible Additions to the Work of Niccolò di Segna
The Reconstruction of Simone Martini's So-called Polyptych of the Passion
A Choir-book by Lippo Vanni
Lippo Vanni as a Miniaturist
From Rome to Siena: the Altarpiece of San Stefano alle Lizza
Giovanni di Paolo's Pizzicaiuolo Altarpiece
Reassembling a Giovanni di Paolo Triptych
Vecchietta and the Franciscan Predella: A Renaissance Artist and his Workshop
