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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
Cause of Death - Old Age
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Famous for his his calm and dreamy Madonnas. Sano de Pietro, was one the greatest
Sienese
painters. His paintings are visual poetry; combining an instinctive dreamlike visionary passion with warm, jewel like colors.
While some Sienese artists were influenced by graceless foreign
sensibilities, Sano de Pietro was influenced only by the great Sienese
painters who came before him.
Sassetta'
s technique can 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 Quotations
What we perceive depends mostly on what we look for. -- Sano di Pietro quote
Painting is a work of free will; but its an enigma, visible only
to God. --
Sano di Pietro quote quotation
The architect must become a painter, the painter must become an architect. -- Sano di Pietro quote
The artist learns to paint by doing it. --
Sano di Pietro quote
Sano di Pietro 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.----
Key Descriptive Words and Phrases associated with the Renaissance Movement - rebirth, rediscovery of the classical world, publication of Della Pittura, a book about the laws of mathematical perspective for artists, sfumato, symbolism, chiaroscuro, Savonarola, spiritually significant, illuminated manuscript, idealized biblical themes, scriptorium, illuminator, plague, Age of Discovery, curiosity about the natural world, realistic use of colours and light, Bonfire of the Vanities, Old Testament stories, ethereal and foggy backgrounds, Gospel parables, romanticized landscapes, Christian symbolism.
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