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Sienese Renaissance Architecture (c. 1460–1550)

Sienese Renaissance Architecture (c. 1460–1550)

  1. Piccolomini patronage brings Renaissance forms to Siena

    Labels: Piccolomini family, Pope Pius, Siena

  2. Palazzo delle Papesse begins a long construction phase

    Labels: Palazzo delle, Caterina Piccolomini, Bernardo Rossellino

  3. Palazzo Piccolomini (Todeschini) construction advances

    Labels: Palazzo Piccolomini, Banchi di, Todeschini Piccolomini

  4. Loggia del Papa built as a public-family monument

    Labels: Loggia del, Antonio Federighi, Piccolomini family

  5. Santa Maria delle Nevi commissioned as a Renaissance oratory

    Labels: Santa Maria, Giovanni Cinughi, Francesco di

  6. Palazzo Spannocchi introduces a Florentine palace façade

    Labels: Palazzo Spannocchi, Ambrogio Spannocchi, Giuliano da

  7. Basilica dell’Osservanza project launched outside the city

    Labels: Basilica dell, Giacomo Cozzarelli, Francesco di

  8. Francesco di Giorgio Martini returns as Siena’s city engineer

    Labels: Francesco di, city engineer, Siena

  9. Piccolomini Library commissioned at Siena Cathedral

    Labels: Piccolomini Library, Cardinal Francesco, Siena Cathedral

  10. Pinturicchio fresco cycle shapes the library’s visual program

    Labels: Pinturicchio, Piccolomini Library, fresco cycle

  11. Courtyard capitals at Palazzo delle Papesse added

    Labels: Palazzo delle, courtyard capitals, Lorenzo di

  12. Baldassarre Peruzzi’s career connects Siena to High Renaissance Rome

    Labels: Baldassarre Peruzzi, Siena, High Renaissance

  13. Palazzo Tantucci signals a Mannerist turn in Siena

    Labels: Palazzo Tantucci, Bartolomeo Neroni, Mannerism

  14. Siena capitulates, ending the republic’s architectural independence

    Labels: Surrender of, Siege of, Republic of

  15. Philip II enfeoffs Cosimo I with Siena

    Labels: Philip II, Cosimo I, Siena