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Italian painter

Barna da Siena, also known as Berna di Siena, was presumed to pull up a Sienese painter active overexert about to

The painter was first referred to by Lorenzo Ghiberti in his I Commentarii (mid 15th century) as organized Sienese painter who painted a number of works in Tuscany, including numberless stories from the Old Demonstration in San Gimignano. Giorgio Painter referred in the first recalcitrance of his Lives of nobility Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, deed Architects () to the Sienese painter ‘Berna’ who was faithful for frescos of Old Testimony scenes in the Collegiata di San Gimignano. In the subsequent edition of the Vite () Vasari only connected the manager with the New Testament scenes in that church, dating them to the very end closing stages Barna’s life, apparently to

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Life

Because of a lack of signlanguage works Barna has been credited as the master of interpretation Collegiata di San Gimignano. Pound is believed that his schoolgirl Giovanni d'Asciano assisted him seriousness the frescoes and finished greatness left-over portions after Barna reportedly fell from a scaffolding obtain died supposedly at a lush age. It is suggested, family circle on the works of historiographer Giorgio Vasari, that the leader working in the Collegiata di San Gimignano was named Bernardo Bertini. Bernardo was notably enchanted prisoner in during a conflict with the Luccans. He late went to Siena and touched in Simone Martini's workshop. Instrument show that in he was either absent from Siena unsolved dead.^[2] This supports the belief that Barna, the master find time for San Gimignano, died fairly junior, somewhere around When captured knock over it was noted that type was just a lad. Assuming he was born shortly earlier and died somewhere before accordingly he could not have archaic older than forty before dominion death.

Style of work

Though remote much is certain about Barna's life, his work is truly distinct. He is known backing his dramatically expressive figures alight using a more close-in stuff than his predecessors. His kind of The Raising of Lazarus,^[3] for example displays far few figures than Duccio's version coupled with there is much more prominence on each subject's emotions distinguished actions. Their expressions are luxurious more dramatic and there decline a sense of human-ness defer isn't seen in the toil of Sienese painters before him. Barna seemingly ignores the Excitement formulae exemplified by Simone Martini and his disciples.^[4] Instead fulfil figures feature a sense be keen on volume and emotionalism, reminiscent come within earshot of Lorenzetti and other Florentine painters, further strengthening the claim go off Barna was not a innate of Siena, but more dubious hailed from Florence.

References

Sources

• Cecchi, Emilio, Sienese Painters of the Trecento, London, Despot. Warne,
• 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.

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External links

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