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3 Fabrizio Nevola SIENA CONSTRUCTING THE RENAISSANCE CITY Siena, one of the major …

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 …

Did ordinary Italians have a 'Renaissance'? This book presents the first in-depth exploration
of how artisans and small local traders experienced the material and cultural Renaissance …

Medieval writers designated Siena as a “new city”. Seemingly confirming this assessment,
the Sienese Church possessed no hagiographic tradition of early bishops that would prove …

At the beginning of the fourteenth century, the Carmelites introduced the cult of Corpus
Domini to Siena, in an effort to enhance the prestige of their Order. The feast's most …

It is a lasting irony that perhaps the most popular of the feasts dedicated to the Virgin Mary,
the Immaculate Conception that is celebrated on 8 December, remains one of the most …

SASSETTA'S fiUst documented altaU-piece, foU the Sienese guild of wool meUchants,
came as an aUtistic bolt fUom the blue in eaUly fifteenth-centuUy Siena, and the pUecocity …

This essay explores the relationship between ephemeral performance and its
documentation by examining a festive celebration inaugurated in Siena in 1273 alongside a …

This paper investigates some fifteenth-century civic commissions for the cathedral of
Grosseto and the church of S. Niccolò in Montepescali. 1 A third, speculative case, regarding …

This dissertation examines the civic function of performance in Siena, Italy, from the nascent
communal era in the twelfth century through the ultimate collapse of the Sienese Republic in …