Silvia Salvadori,who is one of the most famouse and creative artist for reproduction of icons,was born in 1978 in Sinalunga,which is in the heart of Tuscany. She is a graduate of the "Duccio di Buoninsegna" Art Institute and holds a degree in Art Preservation from the University of Siena,which is the city of the Palio,a very taditional event in Siena.So,she lives there and she has established a spiritual and material bond with the surviving art workshops which preserve the pictorial traditions of the best artists of the Tuscan school of the middle ages and the Renaissance.She reproduces Mediaval icons and sacred art,in fact,she creates an ideal continuity by reviving through her hands a tradition and knowledge on its way to oblivion.The warm reflections of gold, the brocades of clothes, the ecstatic rapture of the saints, the mystic exchange of glances between the virgin Mary and baby Jesus and the richness of Christian symbolism, all recreated with talent, refinement and dedication, come to life in the works that Silvia Salvadori is able to reproduce using the same artistic "know-how" of the medieval masters.She makes use of poplar and linden panels,dust and leaves of pure gold (in order to make incisions through the use of burins purposefully created by the latest master engravers), and natural pigments mixed with egg yolk, following the instructions given in Cennino Cennini's "Book of Art" (1370-1440).Moreover,she is able to reproduce medieval Italian Icons of many artists,especially of Simone Martini and Duccio di Buoninsegna.Silvia Salvadori's work is probably the last precious testimonial that preserves and passes on a culture that represents the history of people whose land and soul can awake a sense of wonder in our souls.Her reproduction of icons are accurate and based on a continual experimentation.It extends itself in time throughout the entire Tuscan region, departing from Arezzo, with the hidden treasures of its churches, moving onto Florence's medieval art, which was perhaps overshadowed by the splendour of the renaissance, and finally reaching Siena, with the sacred art of its icons and Biccherne's civic paintings with historical decorations on wooden covers containing the accounting registries of the communal era.Therefore,Silvia Salvadori is ready to work for you and make Simone Martini and Duccio di Buoninsegna's icons,all over the world,in order to keep alive the wonderful tradition of Tuscany's medieval art and a personal passion which is a mixture of mastery and professional competence.These icons reproductions are made by using ancient pictorial techniques passed on by Cennino Cennini in his "Book of Art"(1370-1440).Finally,some of Silvia Salvadori's icon reproductions are:Saint Maria Maddalena,Announcing Angel Icon,Annunciation Icon, Saint Catherine of Alexandria Icon by Simone Martini and Madonna and Child by Duccio di Buoninsegna.If you want to know more information about reproduction of icons by Silvia Salvadori,you can surf her website,which is www.bottegadartetoscana.it.

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