Simone Martini
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was an Italian painter and a master of the Sienese school. He was active during the 13th and the 14th centuries and is thought of to be a pupil of Duccio. It is known he died August 4, 1344 in Avignon. “If we are to believe Vasari, who tells us that on Simone's tomb there was an epitaph stating ....
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.... solved the techniques for indicating three-dimensional space. “ Simone unites the composition through the subtle relation of interweaving diagonals, and diagonally directed curves; these are carried out with remarkable consistency in the figures and drapery patterns, from the base line up to the off-center placing of the angels who hold a heavenly crown above the enthroned saint” (Hartt, 109). Also in the “Palazzo Pubblico one of his most celebrated works, the fresco of Guidoriccio da F ....
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