Martini, Simone

Earthly and Heavenly Journey of Simone Martini (Green Integer)

Recognized as one of the great living poets of Italy, and several times a candidate for the Nobel Prize, Luzi wrote this work in 1994, when he was eighty. In it the poet imagines the last voyage of the great painter from Avignon to his native Siena, in the company of his family, servants, and a theology student. Their pilgrimage is a journey of discovery and purification that leads to a new, vibrant perception of reality.

The Commonwealth of Nature: Art and Poetic Community in the Age of Dante

The Commonwealth of Nature explores the role of Tuscan visual culture in the poetic construction of a commonwealth. For Campbell, “commonwealth” should be viewed not only in the context of abstract political theory but also as a living reality, dependent upon the very processes of art making. The book focuses on four exceptional works: Brunetto Latini’s didactic poem, the Tesoretto; a unique illustrated manuscript of the same; and Simone Martini’s Maestà and Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s Allegory of Good and Bad Government, both painted for the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena. Campbell asserts that political interpretations of the art of the Tuscan communes ignore what Brunetto understood as a vital difference between the institutions of civic government and the reality of a commonwealth that was properly conveyed by poetry. Guiding us from the miniature to the monumental, from the private to the public, Campbell presents the inextricable links among poetry, art, and commonwealth. Beginning with the trope of secrecy in the Tesoretto and the poetic interpretation of friendship in the illustrated manuscript, she then moves on to Martini’s and Lorenzetti’s paintings, arguing that they are not solely political but are fully charged with the poetic as well. Concluding with a discussion of the Allegory of Good and Bad Government, Campbell interprets the painting as a medium through which the peaceful commonwealth might be reinvented as a vital experience.

From the Gothic to the Renaissance (Great Italian Painters): Duccio, Giotto, Simone Martini, Pietro and Ambroglio Lorenzetti, Masaccio, Fra Angelico, Filippo Lippi, Benozzo Gozzoli

Simone Martini (Library of the Great Masters)

Lopera Completa Di Simone Martini, Calassici dellArte Series N.. 43

Simone Martini (Astra-Arengarium: painters)

I Maestri Del Colore Simone Martini 119

The Avignon panels: A preliminary view (Metropolitan Museum of Art bulletin)

Simone Martini: Catalogo completo dei dipinti (I gigli dell'arte)

Viaggio terrestre e celeste di Simone Martini (Poesia)