Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti; Simone Martini; and, "first and foremost", Duccio di Buoninsegna, a polymath whose "towering legacy would reshape art history". The lighting here is "dark", the ...

For a masterful analysis of the political philosophy embedded in this fresco, see Quentin Skinner, "Ambrogio Lorenzetti and the Portrayal of Virtuous Government" and "Ambrogio Lorenzetti on the Power ...

What were the distinctive elements of Sienese art? There was the form – the ... Then there are the panels by Ambrogio Lorenzetti depicting the life of St Nicholas, a storyteller who uses ...

«Il numero e il pregio dei dipinti dominano la mostra, ma non vuol dire che non ci siano delle autentiche delizie in altri ...