The heart of Siena is Piazza del Campo, which is a shell-shaped square and one of the most beautiful in Europe. It is home to ...

That is so, as what this exhibition principally reveals is the immense creative achievement of Christendom and the evolving ...

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

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

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

A century and a half before the Florentine flowering of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, another Tuscan city wondrous for ...

Penelope J. Corfield from Royal Holloway, University of London, explores the symbolism of handshaking throughout human ...

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

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

In the space of 100 years, Siena's artists redefined painting as an art form and laid the foundations for Renaissance.

The glory days of Siena came to an end ... famous for its goldsmiths, its show-off cathedral, its flamboyant horse race and some stellar artists. The last half century of its greatness is the ...