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A History of Siena

Author : Mario Ascheri
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351866788
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book A History of Siena written by Mario Ascheri and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of Siena provides a concise and up-to-date biography of the city, from its ancient and medieval development up to the present day, and makes Siena’s history, culture, and traditions accessible to anyone studying or visiting the city. Well informed by archival research and recent scholarship on medieval Siena and the Italian city-states, this book places Siena’s development in its larger context, both temporally and geographically. In the process, this book offers new interpretations of Siena’s artistic, political, and economic development, highlighting in particular the role of pilgrimage, banking, and class conflict. The second half of the book provides an important analysis of the historical development of Siena’s nobility, its unique system of neighborhood associations (contrade) and the race of the Palio, as well as an overview of the rise and fall of Siena’s troubled bank, the Monte dei Paschi. This book is accessible to undergraduates and tourists, while also offering plenty of new insights for graduate students and scholars of all periods of Sienese history.

Siena

Author : Jane Tylus
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022620782X
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Siena written by Jane Tylus and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Siena: City of Secrets" is a charming, intimate portrait of this most secretive of cities, often overlooked by travelers to Italy. Part cultural history and intellectual memoir, part travelogue and guide book, Tylus writes with a novelist s flair, taking the reader on a quest of discovery through the well- and not-so-well-travelled roads and alleys of the ancient city. Today, Siena can appear on the surface standoffish, a bit static, and very old-fashioned, especially when compared to its larger, flashier cousins Roma and Firenze. But first impressions wear away as we learn from Tylus that Siena was, over the long view, an innovator among the cities of Italy: the first to pave its streets and main plaza (1298), the first to publicly fund its university (1321), the first to employ the promissory note (1720), the first to ban automobile traffic from its city center (1965), and much else. We also hear about Siena s great artistic and architectural past, hidden behind centuries of over painting and rebuilding, and about its resident apocryphal and not-so-apocryphal Saints. And about the distinctive characters of its different neighborhoods ( contrade ), exemplified in the highly competitive horserace that takes place annually in the city and that serves as both a dividing and a uniting force for the Sienese. Throughout we are guided by the assuring voice of a seasoned scholar with a gift for spinning a good story and with an eye for the telling detail, whether we are traveling Siena s modern highways or digging through ancient Etruscan tombs; or shadowing the path walked by medieval pilgrims; or tracking the city s financial history from its beginnings as the once-great center for commerce in the sixteenth century to its near collapse in January 2013; or celebrating literary giants Dante and Calvino or giants of the arena, Siena s Series A soccer team. A useful and entertaining guide for students of Italian culture (Tylus has written discursive, reader-friendly endnotes and included a full bibliography in the back matter), the book will also appeal to the traveler and tourist (virtual or otherwise) interested in learning more about this ancient, mysterious, reclusive citydespite itself."

A History of Siena

Author : Robert Langton Douglas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A History of Siena written by Robert Langton Douglas and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Guide to Siena

Author : William Heywood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Guide to Siena written by William Heywood and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Scribe of Siena

Author : Melodie Winawer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501152270
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Scribe of Siena written by Melodie Winawer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Like Outlander with an Italian accent.” —Real Simple “A detailed historical novel, a multifaceted mystery, and a moving tale of improbable love.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review A NEW YORK POST MUST-READ BOOK Readers of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander and Tracy Chevalier’s Girl with a Pearl Earring…will be swept away by the spell of medieval Siena” (Library Journal, starred review) in this transporting love story and gripping historical mystery. Accomplished neurosurgeon Beatrice Trovato knows that her deep empathy for her patients is starting to impede her work. So when her beloved brother passes away, she welcomes the unexpected trip to the Tuscan city of Siena to resolve his estate, even as she wrestles with grief. But as she delves deeper into her brother’s affairs, she discovers intrigue she never imagined—a 700-year-old conspiracy to decimate the city. As Beatrice explores the evidence further, she uncovers the journal and paintings of the fourteenth-century artist Gabriele Accorsi. But when she finds a startling image of her own face, she is suddenly transported to the year 1347. She awakens in a Siena unfamiliar to her, one that will soon be hit by the Plague. Yet when Beatrice meets Accorsi, something unexpected happens: she falls in love—not only with Gabriele, but also with the beauty and cadence of medieval life. As the Plague and the ruthless hands behind its trajectory threaten not only her survival but also Siena’s very existence, Beatrice must decide in which century she belongs. The Scribe of Siena is the captivating story of a brilliant woman’s passionate affair with a time and a place that captures her in an impossibly romantic and dangerous trap—testing the strength of fate and the bonds of love.

A History of Siena

Author : Langton Douglas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788875765583
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book A History of Siena written by Langton Douglas and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The World of the Early Sienese Painter

Author :
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 9780271043661
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (436 download)

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Download or read book The World of the Early Sienese Painter written by and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A History of Siena

Author : R. Langton Douglas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book A History of Siena written by R. Langton Douglas and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Month in Siena

Author : Hisham Matar
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 059312913X
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book A Month in Siena written by Hisham Matar and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Return comes a profoundly moving contemplation of the relationship between art and life. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND EVENING STANDARD After finishing his powerful memoir The Return, Hisham Matar, seeking solace and pleasure, traveled to Siena, Italy. Always finding comfort and clarity in great art, Matar immersed himself in eight significant works from the Sienese School of painting, which flourished from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries. Artists he had admired throughout his life, including Duccio and Ambrogio Lorenzetti, evoke earlier engagements he’d had with works by Caravaggio and Poussin, and the personal experiences that surrounded those moments. Including beautiful full-color reproductions of the artworks, A Month in Siena is about what occurred between Matar, those paintings, and the city. That month would be an extraordinary period in the writer’s life: an exploration of how art can console and disturb in equal measure, as well as an intimate encounter with a city and its inhabitants. This is a gorgeous meditation on how centuries-old art can illuminate our own inner landscape—current relationships, long-lasting love, grief, intimacy, and solitude—and shed further light on the present world around us. Praise for A Month in Siena “As exquisitely structured as The Return, driven by desire, yearning, loss, illuminated by the kindness of strangers. A Month in Siena is a triumph.”—Peter Carey

A History of Siena (Classic Reprint)

Author : Langton Douglas
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333189303
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book A History of Siena (Classic Reprint) written by Langton Douglas and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of Siena I DO not think that any apology is necessary for this book. The Republic of Siena played an important part in Italy in the Middle Ages, and in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. But whilst her neighbour Florence has had many historians, there is no complete history of Siena in any language. Moreover, whilst there are many works in English on subj ects connected with the art and literature of Renaissance, there are but few in our tongue which treat in a serious and scholarly spirit of the history of the Italian States. My original intention was first to tell brie y the story of Siena, and afterwards to compose a fuller account of her troubled, struggling life. But, as time progressed, I determined to attempt to write a book which would both be useful to the historical student and also not without interest to the general reader. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

A Medieval Italian Commune

Author : William M. Bowsky
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520328558
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book A Medieval Italian Commune written by William M. Bowsky and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived

Siena, the City of the Virgin

Author : Titus Burckhardt
Publisher : London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1960 [c1958]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Siena, the City of the Virgin written by Titus Burckhardt and published by London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1960 [c1958]. This book was released on 1960 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Siena, Civil Religion and the Sienese

Author : Gerald Parsons
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351900137
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Siena, Civil Religion and the Sienese written by Gerald Parsons and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Siena is often referred to as the 'City of the Virgin' and the 'City of the Palio'. The special devotion of the Sienese to the Virgin began in the thirteenth century and in times of danger the Sienese have regularly rededicated their city to the Madonna, who is also celebrated in the twice-yearly festival of the Palio. Siena, Civil Religion and the Sienese examines Sienese devotion to the Virgin from the medieval period until the present day. Exploring how the Palio has become the principal means of sustaining and celebrating Sienese culture, values and identity - including popular devotion to the Virgin - Parsons shows how this festival stands in continuity with the earlier civil religion of medieval and renaissance Siena. Drawing on insights from recent discussion of the role of civil religion in medieval and renaissance Italy, the USA and modern Britain, this book explores how civil religion sustains the Sienese sense of their history, identity and uniqueness through a variety of beliefs, rituals, ceremonies and symbols. Highly illustrated and including a full bibliography, this book breaks new ground in interpreting Sienese devotion to the Virgin and to the Palio in terms of 'civil religion'.

The Water Supply System of Siena, Italy

Author : Michael P. Kucher
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000143694
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Water Supply System of Siena, Italy written by Michael P. Kucher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-28 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book reviews scholarly literature and archival sources including maps and diagrams, to better situate Siena's achievement in urban history and broadens our understanding of medieval technology and urban life.

Painting in Florence and Siena After the Black Death

Author : Millard Meiss
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691003122
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Painting in Florence and Siena After the Black Death written by Millard Meiss and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first extended study of the painting of Florence and Siena in the later 14th century, this book presents a rich interweaving of considerations of connoisseurship, style, iconography, cultural and social background, and historical events.

The Daughter of Siena

Author : Marina Fiorato
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312604327
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book The Daughter of Siena written by Marina Fiorato and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the wards of the city of Siena in 1729 Tuscany prepare for an annual horse race where rivalries run high, young Pia Tolomei nurtures a secret, forbidden love for a rider of an opposing ward.

Siena and the Virgin

Author : Diana Norman
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300080069
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Siena and the Virgin written by Diana Norman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating the Virgin Mary as both an object of religious affection and a focus of civic pride, artists of fourteenth-century Siena established for their city a vibrant tradition that continued into the early decades of the next century. Such celebratory portraits of the Virgin were also common in Siena's extensive subject territories, the contado. This richly illustrated book explores late medieval Sienese art--how it was created, commissioned, and understood by the citizens of Siena. Examining political, economic, and cultural relations between Siena and the contado, Diana Norman offers a new understanding of Marian art and its political function as an expression of civic ideology. Drawing on extensive unpublished archives, Norman reconstructs the circumstances surrounding the commission of Marian art in the three most prestigious locations of fourteenth-century Siena: the cathedral, the Palazzo Pubblico, and the hospital of Santa Maria della Scala. She analyzes similarly important commissions in the contado towns of Massa Marittima, Montalcino, and Montepulciano. Casting new light on such topics as the original site for the reliquary tomb of Saint Cerbone, patron saint of Massa Marittima, and the identity of the patrons of the Marian frescoes in the rural hermitage of San Leonardo al Lago, the author deepens our insight into the origins and meanings of Sienese art production of the late medieval period.