SANO di PIETRO
1406-1481
One of the Greatest Painters Of All Time
Italian Early Renaissance Painter of the Sienese School
Stylistically influenced by the following painters; Sassetta, Pietro Lorenzetti , Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Coppo di Marcovaldo, and Byzantine Painting
Education - apprenticed to Sassetta
Mediums - tempera on panel
Cause of Death - Old Age
Sano de Pietro, was one the greatest Sienese painters. His studio was the most productive in Siena. Commissions poured in from all over Italy and beyond. The church favored his unique iconlike, Mother and child, are set against rich gold backgrounds. Sano de Pietro's artworks are visual poetry; combining an instinctive dreamlike visionary passion with warm, jewel like colors. Sassetta' s influence can also be detected in Sano’s blending of holy figures with mysterious visual elements, arranged to indicate significance not otherwise present in the individual images.
Sano di Pietro's spiritually significant imagery included representations of the holy figures of the Christian faith. Most prominently featured are spiritually meaningful divine Christian symbols and persons --Christ, Saints, The Cross, Virgin Mary, Chalice, Keys, The Anchor, Wheat , The Good Shepherd, The Apostles, Animals, Fish, Angels, Birds, Insects and Satan.----
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