Enzo Carli — Sienese Painting

Connecticut , New York Graphic Society, 1956. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of Enzo Carli"s richly illustrated Sienese Painting, surveying Siena"s great masters, complete with unclipped dust jacket. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.This volume is the first US edition of this work.Illustrated with 137 illustrations 62 of which are reproduced in colour. Collated, complete.This volume is a comprehensive study of Sienese painting spanning from around the 13th to 17th centuries. It covers a wide swath of Sienese art through various ages and movements, and the prominent artists that emerged from the school.The Sienese school of painting, flourishing in Siena between the 13th and 15th centuries, produced masters such as Duccio, Simone Martini, the Lorenzetti brothers, Domenico and Taddeo di Bartolo, Sassetta, and Matteo di Giovanni. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight spotting and fading to lower right corner of front board. Spot of damp staining to upper perimeters. Slight rubbing to extremities. Dust wrapper, generally smart. The odd closed tear to extremities. particularly to the front wrap, with slight loss at upper corner. The odd very small closed tear. Slight age toning and soiling to wraps. The odd minor handling mark. Internally, firmly bound. pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good/Good.