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The Lucchese School, also known as the School of Lucca and as the Pisan-Lucchese School, was a school of painting and sculpture that flourished in the 11th and 12th centuries in
The Lucchese School, also known as the School of Lucca and as the Pisan-Lucchese School, was a school of painting and sculpture that flourished in the 11th and 12th centuries in Pisa
Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the cit ...
and Lucca
Lucca ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its province has a population of 383,957.
Lucca is known as one o ...
in Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze'').
Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...
with affinities to painters in Volterra
Volterra (; Latin: ''Volaterrae'') is a walled mountaintop town in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its history dates from before the 8th century BC and it has substantial structures from the Etruscan, Roman, and Medieval periods.
History
Volter ...
. The art is mostly anonymous. Although not as elegant or delicate as the Florentine School
Florentine painting or the Florentine School refers to artists in, from, or influenced by the naturalistic style developed in Florence in the 14th century, largely through the efforts of Giotto di Bondone, and in the 15th century the leading scho ...
, Lucchese works are remarkable for their monumentality.
See also
* Bolognese School *Florentine School
Florentine painting or the Florentine School refers to artists in, from, or influenced by the naturalistic style developed in Florence in the 14th century, largely through the efforts of Giotto di Bondone, and in the 15th century the leading scho ...
* School of Ferrara
* Sienese School
References
* Garrison, Edward B., ''Toward a New History of Early Lucchese Painting'', The Art Bulletin, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Mar., 1951), 11-31. * Lasareff, Victor, ''Two Newly-Discovered Pictures of the Lucca School'', The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Vol. 51, No. 293 (Aug., 1927), 56-67. * Sturgis, Russell, ''A dictionary of architecture and building, biographical, historical, and descriptive'', Vol. 2, New York, The Macmillan company, 1901, 565. {{authority control Italian art movements Painters from Tuscany Romanesque art