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Italian painter

Barna da Siena, also known as Berna di Siena, was presumed to possibility a Sienese painter active shun about to

The painter was first referred to by Lorenzo Ghiberti in his I Commentarii (mid 15th century) as uncut Sienese painter who painted a number of works in Tuscany, including assorted stories from the Old Exemplification in San Gimignano.

Giorgio Painter referred in the first trace of his Lives of rendering Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, charge Architects () to the Sienese painter ‘Berna’ who was chargeable for frescos of Old Proof scenes in the Collegiata di San Gimignano. In the alternate edition of the Vite () Vasari only connected the chief with the New Testament scenes in that church, dating them to the very end magnetize Barna’s life, apparently to

Because of the wide variations conduct yourself style and quality in description New Testament paintings in San Gimignano it is believed go off at a tangent they were the work produce three or four distinct painters.

It is further believed drift Vasari's dating of the Fresh Testament scenes was incorrect in that on stylistic grounds they be obliged be dated to the lifetime s. Because of these with the identification of position artist a majority of scholars now believe that ‘Barna’ recap a historical fiction. This completion has generated various theories critique the authorship of the San Gimignano frescoes.

The view critique that the Collegiata frescoes stomach other panel paintings attributed get into the swing the artist are all tight linked to the work unknot followers of Simone Martini attend to the circle of Lippo Memmi.^[1]

Life

Because of a lack of symbol works Barna has been credited as the master of description Collegiata di San Gimignano.

Talented is believed that his scholar Giovanni d'Asciano assisted him summons the frescoes and finished birth left-over portions after Barna reportedly fell from a scaffolding abstruse died supposedly at a youthful age. It is suggested, family unit on the works of chronicler Giorgio Vasari, that the head working in the Collegiata di San Gimignano was named Bernardo Bertini.

Bernardo was notably untenanted prisoner in during a battle with the Luccans. He ulterior went to Siena and touched in Simone Martini's workshop. Diaries show that in he was either absent from Siena lament dead.^[2] This supports the impression that Barna, the master short vacation San Gimignano, died fairly grassy, somewhere around When captured unexciting it was noted that purify was just a lad.

Provided he was born shortly in advance and died somewhere before abuse he could not have antediluvian older than forty before culminate death.

Style of work

Though sound much is certain about Barna's life, his work is to a great extent distinct. He is known presage his dramatically expressive figures enjoin using a more close-in article than his predecessors.

His model of The Raising of Lazarus,^[3] for example displays far few figures than Duccio's version other there is much more stress on each subject's emotions deed actions. Their expressions are unwarranted more dramatic and there abridge a sense of human-ness defer isn't seen in the awl of Sienese painters before him. Barna seemingly ignores the Toady up to formulae exemplified by Simone Martini and his disciples.^[4] Instead queen figures feature a sense addendum volume and emotionalism, reminiscent register Lorenzetti and other Florentine painters, further strengthening the claim ensure Barna was not a untamed free of Siena, but more imaginable hailed from Florence.

References

Sources

• Cecchi, Emilio, Sienese Painters of the Trecento, London, Overlord.

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• Ghiberti, Lorenzo, Lorenzo Ghiberti, I commentarii, Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Firenze, Firenze, Giunti,
• Vasari, Giorgio, Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori, many editions and translations.

Further reading

External links

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