Look up: maesta

1. maestà
   In Christian art, a depiction of the enthroned Madonna and Child surrounded by angels and saints. Examples include Duccio's Maestà Altarpiece, (1309-11, Cathedral Museum, Siena) and Giotto's...
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2. maestà
   (from the article `Madonna`) ...in the 14th century, painted altarpieces became common, the Madonna enthroned, derived from the nikopoia, was a favourite subject for a time; it ...
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3. Maestà
   (from the article `Duccio`) The work in which the genius of Duccio unfolds in all its brilliant fullness and the one to which the painter owes his greatest fame, however, is the ... ...the upper church of St. Francis was decorated by Roman-trained fresco painters between about 1280 and 1300. In Tuscany the stylistic changes are ... [...
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4. Maestà
   (from the article `Martini, Simone`) Simone`s earliest documented painting is the large fresco of the `Maestà` in the Sala del Mappamondo of the Palazzo Pubblico, Siena. The fresco ...
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5. Maesta
   Artwork or sculpture, which portrays the Madonna and the Christ child upon a throne, usually attended by angels.
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6. Maestà
   `s Maestà , Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi. `Maestà`, the Italian word for "majesty", designates an iconic formula of the enthroned Madonna with the child Jesus, whether or not accompanied with angels and saints. The Maestà is an extension of the "Seat of Wis...
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7. Maestà
   (Duccio) In the foreground are Siena’s various patron saints: Saint Ansanus; Saint Savinus; Saint Crescentius; and Saint Victor.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> The altarpiece remained in place until 1711, when it was dismantled in order to distribute the pieces between two altars. The f...
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8. Maestà
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