Divine elegance, Simone Martini’s The Annunciation
A conversation with Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris in front of Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi, Annunciation with St. Margaret and St. Ansanus, 1333, tempera on wood, gold background, 184 x 168 cm (Uffizi, Florence) Read more about Simone Martini: Simone Martini influential in Gothic style
Simone Martini influential in Gothic style
Simone Martini (1284-1344) was an Italian painter born in Siena. He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style. It is thought that Martini was a pupil of Duccio di Buoninsegna, the leading Sienese painter of his time. According to late Renaissance […]