Sienese Painting #2: Simone Martini - Elegance & Refined Realism
Event Details
To coincide with the National Gallery’s exhibition: Siena: The RIse of Painting 1300-1350 (8 March-22 June 2025) organized with New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it was shown to great acclaim in the autumn of 2024, we are offering two online Salon studies led by Washington-based art historian Aneta Georgievska-Shine. Each study will continue the exploration begun in her lecture At the threshold of the Renaissance: The ‘Rise of Painting’ in fourteenth century Siena, providing an opportunity to examine aspects of this astonishing flowering of creativity in greater depth as part of a small group of participants.
Study 2: Simone Martini – Elegance & Refined Realism
Simone Martini (c. 1284–1344) was a master of elegance, grace and refined realism. A key figure in the Sienese School, much admired by Petrarch, his works are characterised by fluid lines, delicate figures and luminous colors. His attention to naturalistic detail, expressive gestures and atmospheric depth brought a new emotional sensitivity to religious art and helped shape the International Gothic style.
JOINING DETAILS:
- Two-hour study on Zoom led by Aneta Georgievska-Shine
- Sunday 13 April 2025, 4.00-6.00 pm (UK/BST)
- £35.00 for two-hour study
- An additional study: Sienese Painting: The Art of Story Telling may be booked individually.
