Title: Duccio. The beginnings of Sienese Painting

Location: Siena, Santa Maria della Scala and Museo dell’Opera del Duomo

When: October, 4th 2003 - March 14th 2004

Openin hours: every day 9,00 a.m.-7,30 p.m.

Promoters: Comune di Siena, MPS Bank S.p.a. - MPS Bank Group, Monte dei Paschi di Siena Foundation, Opera della Metropolitana, Santa Maria della Scala Institution, Superintendency of Historical, Artistical and Demo-Ethno-Anthropological heritage for Siena and Grosseto, Superintendency of Environmental and Architectural heritage for Siena and Grosseto, University of Siena. Thanks to Unipol insurances, Corriere della Sera, APT Siena.

Scientific Committee: Alessandro Bagnoli, Superintendency of Superintendency of Historical, Artistical and Demo-Ethno-Anthropological heritage for Siena and Grosseto; Roberto Bartalini and Luciano Bellosi, University of Siena; Michel Laclotte, Directeur-President honoraire du Musée du Louvre, Parigi.

Exhibition Manager: Bruno Santi, Superintendent of Superintendency of Superintendency of Historical, Artistical and Demo-Ethno-Anthropological heritage for Siena and Grosseto.

Restorations Manager: Alessandro Bagnoli, Superintendency of Superintendency of Historical, Artistical and Demo-Ethno-Anthropological heritage for Siena and Grosseto

Exhibition Project: The exhibition shows about a hundred works (paintings, miniatures, sculptures, jewellery, glass-windows) and is divided in the following sections:

1. Duccio precursories and contemporaries
2. Cimabue, Duccio, the young Giotto
3. The path of Duccio
4. Artists influenced by Duccio: the first generation
5. Artists influenced by Duccio: the second generation
6. Artists influenced by Duccio: the third generation
7. Debut of the greatest 14th Century artists following the style of Duccio
8. The ways of the Gothic style in Siena: sculptors and jewellers

There is a very special visit itinerary to Duccio (and his crew) wall-paintings still viewable in monumental buildings and inside a few churces in Siena and in the surroundings.

This exhibition is dedicated to Enzo Carli.

Exhibition setup: Studio Canali

External locations setup: Gabriele Manganelli

Graphic Design: Rauch Design

Coordination Management: Donatella Capresi, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Piazza Salimbeni 3, Siena. Tel.: 0577-296539 and 0577-296753. Fax: 0577-294778. E-mail info@duccio.siena.it.

Catalogue assistants: Alessandro Bagnoli, Roberto Bartalini, Luciano Bellosi, Luciano Cateni, Laura Cavazzini, Giulietta Chelazzi Dini, Elisabetta Cioni, Silvia Colucci, Beatrice Franci, Aldo Galli, Silvia Giorgi, Michel Laclotte, Silvio Masignani, Maria Merlini, Francesco Mori, Giovanna Ragionieri, Victor Schmidt, Sabina Spannocchi, Giovanni Vannucchi.

Archival researches: Michele Pellegrini

Catalogue: Silvana Editoriale

Audio-guide: Acoustiguide

Virtual performances: Microgeo

Photo: Andrea and Fabio Lensini, Siena; Cesare Barellini e Marcello Formichi, Superintendency of Superintendency of Historical, Artistical and Demo-Ethno-Anthropological heritage for Siena and Grosseto

Insurances: Unipol

Transports: Arteria S.r.l. - Universal Express s.r.l., Firenze

Internet Services: Flecta s.r.l., Siena,

Tourist infos: APT Siena, www.terresiena.it, Il Campo 56, tel.0577-280551 fax.0577-281041, e-mail:infoaptsiena@terredisiena.it

Press Office: Donatella Capresi, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Piazza Salimbeni 3, Siena. Tel.: 0577-296539 and 0577-296753. Fax: 0577-294778. Email info@duccio.siena.it.
David Rossi, Monte dei Paschi di Siena Foundation, via Banchi di Sotto 34, Siena.
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