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San Sebastiano, Siena
San Sebastiano in Vallepiatta is an ancient church next to Piazzeta della Selva in Siena, Italy. It is located in the Contrada della Selva. Church construction began in 1492 and completed in 1656, under the patronage of the guild of weavers (Tessitori). The interior is frescoed by 16th century painters, depicting ''Dream of St Irene'' by Stefano Volpi, a ''Glory of St Sebastian'' and a ''Virtue and Angels'' by Sebastiano Folli, a ''Stories of St Sebastian'' by Pietro Sorri and Rutilio Manetti. On the main altar there is a ''Spoliation of Christ'' by Luigi Ademollo, and a 15th-century ''Crucifix'', which legend holds was donated to the ''Compagnia di San Giovanni Battista della Morte'' (Company of St John the Baptist of the Death) by St Bernard himself. Built in the shape of a Greek cross, it has a cupola with a cylindrical tambor. The design is attributed to Francesco di Giorgio Martini. Most of the brick façade has only a sliver of a cornice with architrave in travertine marb ...
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Siena
Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuries. Siena is also home to the oldest bank in the world, the Monte dei Paschi bank, which has been operating continuously since 1472. Several significant Renaissance painters worked and were born in Siena, among them Duccio, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Simone Martini and Sassetta, and influenced the course of Italian and European art. The University of Siena, originally called ''Studium Senese'', was founded in 1240, making it one of the oldest universities in continuous operation in the world. Siena was one of the most important cities in medieval Europe, and its historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. From January until the end of September of 2021 it had about 217,000 arrivals, with the largest numbers of foreign visitors coming ...
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Luigi Ademollo
Luigi Ademollo (April 30, 1764 – February 11, 1849) was an Italian painter. Biography He was born in Milan. He studied at the Brera Academy, where he was taught by Giulio Traballesi, Giocondo Albertolli, and Giuseppe Piermarini. He left Milan in 1783 and traveled and worked in Rome and Florence. He married Margaret Cimballi Ferrara in Rome in 1792 and had several children. Ademollo primarily painted frescoes with biblical scenes from the Old and New Testaments. In 1789 he was appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. He painted in theaters, including the decoration of sipari (theater curtains). He helped fresco the Royal Chapel in the Pitti Palace and also the churches of Santissima Annunziata and Sant'Ambrogio. In Siena, he painted frescoes for the Palazzo Venturi Gallerani and Palazzo Segardi. He died in Florence in 1849. His son Agostino Ademollo (1799–1841) was a writer of romances, including ''Marietta di' Ricci''. His grandson Carlo Ademollo Ca ...
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15th-century Roman Catholic Church Buildings In Italy
The 15th century was the century which spans the Julian dates from 1 January 1401 ( MCDI) to 31 December 1500 ( MD). In Europe, the 15th century includes parts of the Late Middle Ages, the Early Renaissance, and the early modern period. Many technological, social and cultural developments of the 15th century can in retrospect be seen as heralding the "European miracle" of the following centuries. The architectural perspective, and the modern fields which are known today as banking and accounting were founded in Italy. The Hundred Years' War ended with a decisive French victory over the English in the Battle of Castillon. Financial troubles in England following the conflict resulted in the Wars of the Roses, a series of dynastic wars for the throne of England. The conflicts ended with the defeat of Richard III by Henry VII at the Battle of Bosworth Field, establishing the Tudor dynasty in the later part of the century. Constantinople, known as the capital of the world an ...
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Roman Catholic Churches In Siena
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Astolfo Petrazzi
Astolfo Petrazzi (1583–1665) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his hometown of Siena, but also Spoleto and Rome. He was a pupil of mainly Francesco Vanni, but also worked under Ventura Salimbeni and Pietro Sorri. He died in Siena. Works *''Ascension'' (''Ascensione''), Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena Cathedral *''Communion of San Girolamo'', Sant'Agostino, Siena *''Conversion of St Paul'', Chiesa della Carceri di Sant'Ansano, Siena *''Christian Bishop of Magonza concede a Siena alcune franchigie per conto del Barbarossa'' (1627), Palazzo Pubblico, Siena *''Eternal Father and Saints John, Hippolyte and Bernard'', Basilica di San Francesco, Siena *''Immaculate Conception'', Chiesa e Convento di Sant'Agostino, Pietrasanta *''La Madonna and the Plague of Siena'', San Clemente in Basilica of Santa Maria dei Servi, Siena *''La Pietà and Saints Giovanni Evangelista, Bernardino e Tommaso'', Santa Maria della Scala, Sala di San Pio (St. Pius Hall), ...
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Raffaello Vanni
Raffaello Vanni (1590 ca-1673) was an Italian painter of the Baroque. Biography He was born at Siena. He first trained with his father, Francesco Vanni, who died in 1610. He was afterwards sent to Rome, and recommended to the care of Antonio Carracci. He became a follower of the style of Pietro da Cortona. He painted a ''Birth of the Virgin'' for Santa Maria della Pace. He also painted two lunette paintings for Santa Maria del Popolo representing ''The royal ancestors of the Virgin'' and ''The sacerdotal ancestors of the Virgin'' in 1653.Christina Strunck: Bellori und Bernini rezipieren Raffael. Unbekannte Dokumente zur Cappella Chigi in Santa Maria del Popolo, Marburger Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft 30. Bd. (2003), p. 149 These oil on wood panels were placed above the tombs of Agostino and Sigismondo Chigi in the Chigi Chapel. A ''Marriage of S. Catharine'' by him is in the Pitti Palace, and other pictures at Siena and Pisa. He was a member of the Accademia di San Luca T ...
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Giovanni Paolo Pisani
Giovanni Paolo Pisani (1574-1637) was an Italian painter, active mainly in a Mannerist style in Siena.Checklist of Painters from 1200-1994
edited by Witt Library of the Courtauld Institute, page 404. Paintings can be found in the churches of
San Sebastiano in Vallepiatta San Sebastiano in Vallepiatta is an ancient church next to Piazzeta della Selva in Siena, Italy. It is located in the Contrada della Selva. Church construction began in 1492 and completed in 1656, under the patronage of the guild of weavers (Tess ...
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Francesco Di Giorgio Martini
Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439–1501) was an Italian architect, engineer, painter, sculptor, and writer. As a painter, he belonged to the Sienese School. He was considered a visionary architectural theorist—in Nikolaus Pevsner's terms: "one of the most interesting :Italian architects, later Quattrocento architects". As a military engineer, he executed architectural designs and sculptural projects and built almost seventy fortifications for the Federico da Montefeltro, Federico da Montefeltro, Count (later Duke) of Urbino, building city walls and early examples of Star fort, star-shaped fortifications. Born in Siena, he apprenticed as a painter with Vecchietta. In panels painted for ''Cassone, cassoni'' he departed from the traditional representations of joyful wedding processions in frieze-like formulas to express visions of ideal, symmetrical, vast and all but empty urban spaces rendered in perspective (graphical), perspective. He composed an architectural treatis''T ...
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Bernard Of Clairvaux
Bernard of Clairvaux, O. Cist. ( la, Bernardus Claraevallensis; 109020 August 1153), venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templars, and a major leader in the reformation of the Benedictine Order through the nascent Cistercian Order. He was sent to found Clairvaux Abbey at an isolated clearing in a glen known as the ''Val d'Absinthe'', about southeast of Bar-sur-Aube. In the year 1128, Bernard attended the Council of Troyes, at which he traced the outlines of the Rule of the Knights Templar, which soon became an ideal of Christian nobility. On the death of Pope Honorius II in 1130, a schism arose in the church. Bernard was a major proponent of Pope Innocent II, arguing effectively for his legitimacy over the Antipope Anacletus II. In 1139, Bernard attended the Second Council of the Lateran and criticized Peter Abelard vocally. Bernard advocated crusades in general and convinced many to participate in the unsuccessful Second Crusade, ...
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Rutilio Manetti
Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti (c. 1571 – 22 July 1639) was an Italian painter of late-Mannerism or proto-Baroque, active mainly in Siena. Biography He was influenced and/or taught by the local artists Francesco Vanni and Ventura Salimbeni. He is known to have collaborated with Raffaello Vanni, the son of Francesco. Among his masterpieces are his contributions to the Casino Mediceo, which he worked alongside Matteo Rosselli, Giovanni Lanfranco, and Cesare Dandini. One of his pupils or followers is Stefano Volpi. He is known for the following works in Siena or nearby towns: ''Story of St Catherine and Pope Gregory'' (1597; Palazzo Pubblico), ''Baptism of Christ'' (1600; church of San Giovannino in Pantaneto); a fresco cycle of the ''Story of St Roch'' (1605–1610; San Rocco alla Lupa), ''Pope Alexander I freed from prison by an Angel'' from San Giovanni Battista in Sant'Ansano in Greti; a ''Temptation of Saint Anthony'' (1620, Sant'Agostino); a ''Rest on the Flight to Egypt'' ...
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Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter in the New Testament of the Christian Bible Roman or Romans may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Romans (band), a Japanese pop group * ''Roman'' (album), by Sound Horizon, 2006 * ''Roman'' (EP), by Teen Top, 2011 *" Roman (My Dear Boy)", a 2004 single by Morning Musume Film and television * Film Roman, an American animation studio * ''Roman'' (film), a 2006 American suspense-horror film * ''Romans'' (2013 film), an Indian Malayalam comedy film * ''Romans'' (2017 film), a British drama film * ''The Romans'' (''Doctor Who''), a serial in British TV series People *Roman (given name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters *Roman (surname), including a list of people named Roman or Romans *ῬωμΠ...
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Pietro Sorri
Pietro Sorri (1558-1622) was an Italian painter active in Siena. Biography He first studied under Arcangelo Salimbeni (father of Ventura), and afterwards under Cavaliere Domenico Passignano, whom he accompanied to Venice. Several of his works are in Florence and other cities of Tuscany, particularly at Pisa; he painted landscapes and portraits as well as history. Among his pupils were Giovanni Stefano Rossi, Bernardo Strozzi, and Astolfo Petrozzi. He was also active in Lucca, Genoa, Milan, and Pavia. He painted an altarpiece for the church of San Ambrogio in Massa di Carrara.Gli artisti italiani e stranieri negli stati estensi catalogo storico ...
By Giuseppe Campori, page 447.


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*''Death of Saint Anthony the Abbot'' (around 1602), Louvrem, Paris *''Trinity and ...
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