中文简介：

本书图文并茂地概述了锡耶纳艺术、历史和文艺复兴文化。

两个世纪以来，锡耶纳共和国诞生了一批杰出的画家，他们创作了一些历史伟大杰作。Timothy Hyman的这篇概述是对这一非凡艺术传统的重要介绍。本书按照时间排序，从14世纪的杜乔、西蒙·马丁尼和洛伦泽蒂兄弟，到15世纪的萨塞塔和乔瓦尼·迪·保罗。

Hyman对锡耶纳绘画的独特风格和传统进行了敏锐的视觉分析，并对壁画和蛋彩画等传统技法进行了清晰的解释，并将这些作品置于其社会和宗教背景之下，讨论锡耶纳的政府系统、公民意识、方济各会运动的重要性。

Hyman是一名成功的作家、策展人和实践艺术家，他将自己广博的知识、经验和个人热情带到了这本精彩的、图文并茂的、新修订的锡耶纳艺术概览中。

英文简介：

An essential visual overview for students and readers with an interest in Sienese art, history, and Renaissance culture.

For two centuries, the city-republic of Siena was home to a brilliant succession of painters who produced some of the greatest masterpieces of all time. This overview by Timothy Hyman is an essential introduction to this extraordinary artistic tradition. Taking a broadly chronological approach, it moves from the fourteenth-century Siena of Duccio, Simone Martini, and the Lorenzetti brothers to the fifteenth-century city of Sassetta and Giovanni di Paolo.

Hyman combines perceptive visual analysis of the distinctive styles and conventions of Sienese painting with clear explanations of traditional techniques, such as fresco and tempera. The works are also placed in their social and religious context through discussion of Siena's system of government, its civic consciousness, the importance of the Franciscan movement, and the cults of local saints.

An accomplished writer, curator, and practicing artist, Hyman brings his breadth of knowledge, experience, and personal enthusiasm to this brilliant, extensively illustrated, and newly revised overview of Sienese art.