Note 20 — Chapter II · SIENA AND THE CONTINUING OF THE MEDIÆVAL STYLE

477Simone Martini. See the standard work by Raimond van Marle, Simone Martini, Strasbourg, 1920.

There is considerable difference among critics in dating these frescoes, and no objective evidence. The early date, 1322–25, suggested by Venturi and Van Marle, is confirmed by the stylistic character of the work. It lacks the calligraphic, linear formulas which abound in Simone’s works after 1330. The early date also agrees with the general probabilities of the course of events in the decoration of the Lower Church at Assisi.