Sassetta

The Borgo San Sepolcro Altarpiece

Machtelt Israëls, James R. Banker, Roberto Bellucci , Rachel Billinge

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I Tatti
15 December 2009

The Arts: General & Reference; Renaissance art; Oils; Individual artists, art monographs; Religious subjects depicted in art; Art techniques & principles

Series: Villa I Tatti Series

Sassetta, the subtle genius from Siena, revolutionized Italian painting with an altarpiece for the small Tuscan town of Borgo San Sepolcro in 1437–1444. Originally standing some six yards high, double-sided, with a splendid gilt frame over the main altar of the local Franciscan church, it was the Rolls Royce of early Renaissance painting. But its myriad figures and scenes tempted the collectors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and today its disassembled panels can be found in twelve museums throughout Europe and the United States.

To produce this landmark volume, experts in art and general history, painting technique and conservation, woodworking, architecture, and liturgy have joined forces across the boundaries of eight different nations. A model of collaboration, it opens new windows onto the creative process of the artist as he confronted a late-medieval church at a crossroad of cultures, the miracle-working body of a holy man, and a community of Franciscan friars breathing the exhilarating air of reform. To confront such challenges, Sassetta raised the most spiritual school of early Italian art, the Sienese, to a higher level of understanding, grace, and splendor.

Contributions by: James R. Banker, Roberto Bellucci, Rachel Billinge, George Bisacca
Edited by: Machtelt Israëls
Imprint: I Tatti
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 334mm, Width: 253mm, Spine: 69mm
Weight: 4.950kg
ISBN: 9780674035232
ISBN 10: 0674035232
Series: Villa I Tatti Series
Pages: 624
Publication Date: 15 December 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Machtelt Israëls is Researcher in the History of Renaissance and Early Modern Art at the University of Amsterdam.

Reviews for Sassetta: The Borgo San Sepolcro Altarpiece

Admirers of the richness, seductive accents and elusive beauty of the paintings of Stefano di Giovanni, known as il Sassetta (1392-1450/51), will be delighted by the extraordinary, indeed exhaustive depth of this two-volume study devoted to the polyptych once to be seen on the high altar of the church of S. Francesco in Borgo San Sepolcro, painted between 1437 and 1444. -- Jennifer Sliwka The Burlington Magazine 20100301