Masterpieces long separated by time and distance reunite in Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300–1350 at the National Gallery.
Its chief rival, Florence, emerged as the new superpower, its own art eclipsing Siena's. This new "blockbuster" at the National Gallery – featuring more than 100 exhibits including paintings ...
The medieval city of Siena is a treasure trove of Renaissance art, which is the focus of a new exhibition at the National Gallery. Michael Hodges heads to Tuscany to experience the magic for himself ...
The Piazza del Campo, Siena’s main square, is surely the most theatrical public space in the whole of Tuscany.
Siena’s art is currently stealing the global limelight ... in order not to lose money granted through Italy’s post-Covid-19 resilience credits. But Hémery is optimistic.
Step into Siena. It’s the beginning of the 14th century in central Italy. A golden moment for art, a catalyst of change. Artists Duccio, Simone Martini and the brothers Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti ...
The publishers Brepols have recently released the following two volume publication on Taddeo di Bartolo by the scholar Gail ...
The deepest pleasure of Siena’s drawings was giving up the search for what generated them and getting lost in the intricacies of the composition. In his essay on the history of lines [1], ...
Italian authorities ordered dozens of people in Tuscany to leave their homes on Friday after heavy rains swelled rivers and ...
Ever since the virulently pro-Florentine 16th-century artist and writer Giorgio Vasari drastically downplayed Siena’s importance, art historians have been giving Florence the credit for starting ...