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Segna di Bonaventura (Italian, active by 1298-before 1331)
Madonna and Child, about 1320-30
Tempera and gold leaf on panel, 35 3/8 x 22 1/4 in. (89.9 x 56.5 cm.)
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 60.17.1
Painting in fourteenth-century Siena developed along different lines than in Florence, where the influence of Giotto's revolutionary style dominated. Rather than emphasizing the natural volumes of the human body, as did Giotto and his followers, Sienese artists such as Duccio and his follower Segna incorporated a more elegant approach to painting. Their works are distinguished by graceful curvilinear rhythms and subtle blends of colors, elements they brought to an unprec edented level of refinement. Segna's Madonna and Child must have originally formed the central panel of an altarpiece composed of three or five main panels. |
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