La Maestà by Duccio di Buoninsegna: an emblematic work of art of the Italian 1300′s
Posted by admin in Archive, Culture on 05. Oct, 2010 | 0 Comments
The masterpiece Maestà is the greatest expression of the Duccio of Buoninsegna’s artistic genius. Duccio was born in Siena in about 1255 and at height of his artistic career, he was entrusted with painting the main central “pala” or painted altarpiece in the Duomo of Siena. He laboured on this work from 1308 in his [...]
The Palio dell’Assunta: Siena’s great event
Posted by admin in Archive, Events on 16. Aug, 2010 | 0 Comments
In the early afternoon of the 16 August, just as the peals of the Sunto — the huge bell at the top of the Mangia Tower — are heard, the flag-wavers start their elegant, rhythmical dance. The protagonists or “characters”, wonderfully adorned in costumes jealously coveted in museums, form a historical procession known as the [...]
