Renaissance Siena: Art for a City
dal 23/10/2007 al 12/1/2008
Segnalato da
23/10/2007
Renaissance Siena: Art for a City
The National Gallery, London
The exposition showcases the bravura techniques and virtuoso inventiveness of two of the greatest Sienese artists of this period, Francesco di Giorgio and Domenico Beccafumi, alongside many of their contemporaries. The show presents 100 beautiful paintings, sculptures, drawings, manuscripts and ceramics.
Francesco di Giorgio and Domenico Beccafumi and their contemporaries.
This exhibition offers the first opportunity in the UK to see Sienese Renaissance works of art in the artistic, cultural and political context of the volatile last century of the Sienese Republic. While the painting of Trecento Siena is universally admired, the art produced during the later 15th and early 16th centuries is much less well known, especially outside Italy.
'Renaissance Siena: Art for a City' will showcase the bravura techniques and virtuoso inventiveness of two of the greatest Sienese artists of this period, Francesco di Giorgio and Domenico Beccafumi, alongside many of their contemporaries. Around one hundred beautiful paintings, sculptures, drawings, manuscripts and ceramics will be included in the exhibition.
Major loans from private and public collections across Europe and America will be displayed alongside the exceptional Sienese paintings in the National Gallery's own collection - works by Matteo di Giovanni, Francesco di Giorgio, Benvenuto di Giovanni, the Master of the Legend of Griselda, Signorelli, Pintoricchio and Beccafumi - many of which will be specially cleaned and restored for this show.
Opening 24 October 2007
National Gallery, Sainsbury Wing
Trafalgar Square, London
Tickets: Full price 9 Pound