Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 – an 'intense and betwitching' show
But, by the 1350s, its "most glorious years" would be "as good as over". The Black Death "halved" the city's population and ...
Siena’s golden paintings open unexpected vistas through quirky byways of late medieval art
There’s a reassuring sense that even in the 14th century, there was a lot going on well outside the mainstream ...
Siena: The Rise of Painting at the National Gallery review: 'a blockbuster of a show'
Siena: The Rise of Painting at the National Gallery review: 'a blockbuster of a show' - 5/5 This solid gold exhibition ...
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As Siena’s art takes to the world stage, the Italian city is undergoing a renewal
Siena’s art is currently stealing the global limelight. The blockbuster exhibition Siena: the Rise of Painting 1300-1350 brought masterpieces from the city’s golden age to the Metropolitan ...
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A new National Gallery exhibition shines a light on Siena’s brief, but dazzling golden age
In the space of 100 years, Siena's artists redefined painting as an art form and laid the foundations for Renaissance.
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Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300–1350 Italian Masterpieces Reunited
The exhibition reunites key pieces, including The Annunciation (The National Gallery, London), Christ and the Woman of ...
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Scammers survived cancellation. Now they’re doubling down
By Michael Prodger On 9 June 1311, the people of Siena witnessed the most extraordinary sight they ... a thing so otherworldly and unexpected that it was simultaneously a work of art the like of which ...
How Christian art became the National Gallery’s next smash hit
Last year, a show of 700-year-old Italian religious paintings electrified New York. Now it’s heading for the National Gallery ...
Front Row - Raoul Peck on photographer Ernest Cole, the death of Bill Dare, 14th-century art in Siena, Colum McCann's novel Twist - BBC Sounds
Raoul Peck on photographer Ernest Cole, the death of Bill Dare, 14th-century art in Siena, Colum McCann's novel Twist ...
Raoul Peck on photographer Ernest Cole, the death of Bill Dare, 14th-century art in Siena, Colum McCann's novel Twist
The Booker and Oscar-nominated writer Colum McCann discusses his thrilling new novel Twist, a dive in to the dark depths of the modern human condition set on board a ship repairing the fragile cables ...