A new exhibition at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is brimming with opulent religious panel paintings, altarpieces, sculptures, textiles and metalworks from the Italian city of Siena ...

Upon such a momentous occasion as the first exhibition in New York dedicated to 14th-century Sienese art — a once-in-a-lifetime experience for many of us — the general public deserves to know ...

The show will unveil 100 paintings, sculptures, and relics hailing from the oft-overlooked early Renaissance movement that took shape in Siena during the 14th century.

The Art Newspaper's pick of the top shows to see around the world this month. ... Orphism and a beautiful exploration of 14th-century Siena . ... Drawing the Italian Renaissance, ...

The works depict religious scenes from the lives of Jesus, Mary and various saints and significantly expand Getty’s medieval ...

He hopes to take conversations about Sienese art beyond the 14th century. “If we succeed in convincing people of the greatness of the 15th and 16th century in Siena, we should have done the job”.

In her presentation, Mary Edwards will discuss the impact of Greco-Roman art on the Italian artist, Altichiero, who painted frescoes in the late 14th century in Padua. Though Altichiero was painting ...

See the Breathtaking 14th-Century Sienese Artworks That Helped Set the Italian Renaissance in Motion This brief chapter of art history is often overlooked.