. What pictures to see in America. researches, Sassetta was lost to theworld. A pupil of Sassetta, Sano di Pietro, becameone of the leading men of Siena, but unlike theTuscan painters, he made very little advancein his art over that of a hundred years could tell a lively story with his brush andcould combine his colors with gold most skill-fully. In the Coronation of the Virgin () he has used a favorite subject of his timeand has given it with a most craftsmanlikeprecision. The men-saints in the picture areundoubtedly prominent citizens of Siena, butthe women-saints are as alik
. What pictures to see in America. researches, Sassetta was lost to theworld. A pupil of Sassetta, Sano di Pietro, becameone of the leading men of Siena, but unlike theTuscan painters, he made very little advancein his art over that of a hundred years could tell a lively story with his brush andcould combine his colors with gold most skill-fully. In the Coronation of the Virgin () he has used a favorite subject of his timeand has given it with a most craftsmanlikeprecision. The men-saints in the picture areundoubtedly prominent citizens of Siena, butthe women-saints are as alike as china dolls,except the dainty angel musicians at the footof the throne. They may be the artists pro-gressive daughters. The Sienese school is wonderfully well rep-resented in the Jarves collection. We mustremember, however, that, excepting a few men,the art of Siena did not fulfill the promise ofDuccio, its founder, therefore these picturesare interesting mostly to special students ofart. If Duccio had had a Giotto to follow. Cuurtet]/ of the &-hooI of Fine A)-tii of Vate Vnircrnty. Fig. 19—Saint Anthony Tempted by the Devil. Sassetta. New Haven,Yale School of the Fine Arts. Jarves Collection.
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