Beata Umilta Transports Bricks to the Monastery(c.1341) Oil on wood, 45 x 32 cm Uffizi, Florence

Pietro Lorenzetti (or Pietro Laurati) (c. 1280 - 1348) was a Sienese painter. Download high resolution version (678x950, 171 KB)Beata Umilta Transports Bricks to the Monastery by Pietro Lorenzetti (c. ... Download high resolution version (678x950, 171 KB)Beata Umilta Transports Bricks to the Monastery by Pietro Lorenzetti (c. ... The Uffizi Gallery (Italian: Galleria degli Uffizi) is a palace or palazzo in Florence, holding one of the oldest and most famous art museums in the world. ... For broader historical context, see 1280s and 13th century. ... Events April 7 - Charles University is founded in Prague. ... The Sienese School of painting flourished in Italy between the 13th and 15th centuries and for a time rivalled Florence, though it was more conservative, being inclined towards the decorative beauty and elegant grace of late Gothic art. ...

Lorenzetti was active between approximately 1306 and 1345. He was born and died in Siena. He was influenced by Giovanni Pisano. He and his brother, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, helped introduce naturalism into Sienese art. In their artistry work and experiments with three-dimensional and spatial arrangements, they foreshadowed the art of the Renaissance. Many of his religious works are in churches in Siena, Arezzo, and Assisi. One of his masterworks is the fresco decoration of the lower church of San Francesco in Assisi. There he was responsible for a an emotional "Depostion from the Cross'. Events March 25 - Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scotland June 19 - Forces of Earl of Pembroke defeat Bruces Scottish rebels at the Battle of Methven Philip IV of France exiles all the Jews from France and confiscates their property In London, a city ordinance degrees that heating with... Events Miracle of the Host Births October 31 - King Fernando I of Portugal (died 1383) Agnès of Valois, daughter of John II of France (died 1349) Eleanor Maltravers, English noblewoman (died 1405) Deaths April 14 - Richard Aungerville, English writer and bishop (born 1287) September 16 - John IV, Duke of... This page is about Siena, Italy. ... Giovanni Pisano (c. ... Ambrogio Lorenzetti (or Ambruogio Laurati) (c. ... Naturalism refers to a number of different topics: Philosophical naturalism: the view that nothing exists but the world — that there are no supernatural entities. ... By Region: Italian Renaissance Northern Renaissance *French Renaissance *German Renaissance *English Renaissance The Renaissance, also known as Rinascimento (in Italian), was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific revolution and artistic transformation, at the dawn of modern European history. ...

Giorgio Vasari includes a biography of Lorenzetti in his Lives. Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, Tuscany July 3, 1511 - Florence, June 27, 1574) was an Italian painter and architect, mainly known for his famous biographies of Italian artists. ...

External links

• Pietro Lorenzetti at the Art Reneval Center
• Pietro Lorenzetti at the Web Gallery of Art