Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Piccolomini Library; Illuminated Choir Books

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title: 
Piccolomini Library; Illuminated Choir Books
Image View: 
Example of illumination from Renaissance choir book, ca. 1465 to 1515
Creator: 
Antonio Barili (Italian woodworker, 1453-1516); Pius II, Pope (Italian collector, 1405-1464)
Location: 
repository: Siena Cathedral (Siena, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note: 
Piccolomini Library; Piazza del Duomo
GPS: 
+43.3177+11.329
Date: 
ca. 1465-1515 (inclusive)
Cultural Context: 
Italian
Style Period: 
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1: 
illuminated manuscript
Work Type 2: 
choirbook
Classification: 
Manuscripts and Manuscript Illuminations
Material: 
pigment on parchment
Technique: 
drawing (image-making); painting and painting techniques
Subjects: 
decorative arts; music; rulers and leaders; typography or calligraphy; writing systems; Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464; Sienese
Description: 
Adjoining Siena Cathedral is the Piccolomini Library, housing precious illuminated choir books. The library was commissioned by Cardinal Francesco Piccolomini, Archbishop of Siena (later Pope Pius III), to honor the memory and book collection of his maternal uncle Enea (Aeneas) Piccolomini, who became Pope Pius II. The walls are lined with display cases carved by Antonio Barili in 1495-1496 and filled with an important collection of 30 richly illustrated Renaissance choir books from 1465 to 1515. (Source: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena; http://operaduomo.siena.it/en/sites/museum/)
Collection: 
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier: 
6A3-M-SPL-ICB-A02
Rights: 
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