Observations on Sienese and Pisan Trecento Sculpture

SIENA, the home of some of the greatest of the trecento sculptors, is curiously poor in typically Sienese sculpture of that period, although so rich in contemporary paintings. Aside from the Pedroni tomb in the cathedral-of which a good view is hardly obtainable-all of Tino di Camaino's important monuments are to be found outside of Siena: in Pisa, in Florence, and in Naples. The great master of the façade sculptures of the cathedral of Orvieto worked almost exclusively in that city and in Perugia. Agostino di Giovanni and Agnolo di Ventura, artists justly lauded by Vasari, accomplished their most important work in Arezzo, Pistoja, Volterra, and Florence. Gano's two splendid tombs are housed in the church of Casole, and Goro di Gregorio's delightful creations are hidden in the cathedrals of Massa Maritima and Messina.