TY - JOUR TI - Seen from Siena AU - Barański, Marcin TI - Seen from Siena AB - The article discusses a series of paintings, on a vision of a modern city, inspired by the author’s recent visit to Siena, Italy. It describes an importance of architectural visions and its complementary role in relation to an architectural practice. The article presents the author’s experiences with the process of painting. It highlights the role of a quick sketch in the process of selecting and analysing a subject. Finally, it showsthe unique importance of traditional painting techniques in a realization of the subject, impossible to be replaced by a digital visualization. VL - 2015 IS - Architektura Zeszyt 4-A (4) 2015 PY - 2016 SN - 0011-4561 C1 - 2353-737X SP - 59 EP - 65 DO - 10.4467/2353737XCT.15.283.4686 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/czasopismo-techniczne/artykul/seen-from-siena KW - painting KW - freehand drawing KW - architectural vision