But, by the 1350s, its "most glorious years" would be "as good as over". The Black Death "halved" the city's population and ...

Indeed, only a year before the appearance of Duccio’s work, the Palio, Siena’s famous horse race, was first run as part of ...

This solid gold exhibition celebrates the astonishing period 1300-1350 in the Italian city of Siena, which matched opulence, ...

New York just closed an exhibition on Sienese art and London is about to open another. But there is also plenty of activity ...

With glittering paintings on every side, the National Gallery’s intense and bewitching new exhibition focuses on Siena’s ...

There’s a reassuring sense that even in the 14th century, there was a lot going on well outside the mainstream ...

New York just closed an exhibition on Sienese art and London is about to open another. But there is also plenty of activity ...

The Byzantine Empire is not always recognised as the crucial link that connected the classical world with modern Europe.

The exhibition reunites key pieces, including The Annunciation (The National Gallery, London), Christ and the Woman of ...

Step into Siena. It’s the beginning of the 14th century in central Italy. A golden moment for art, a catalyst of change.

The glory days of Siena came to an end, like so many other good things, with the Black Death in 1348, and it never really recovered until the twentieth century. But before the plague, it was a ...

The medieval city of Siena is a treasure trove of Renaissance art, which is the focus of a new exhibition at the National ...