Siena - Finestre sull'Arte

Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Badia a Rofeno triptych: the extraordinary work of an innovative artist

It is not a simple work, the Badia a Rofeno triptych, one of the most interesting paintings by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Siena, ca. 1285 - 1348) and currently housed in the Museo Civico di Palazzo Corboli in Asciano, in the historic center of the town...
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From Beccafumi to Rustichino: the surprising exhibition on the good century of Sienese painting

And so here we come to the good century of Sienese painting, and here are its most worthy masters. This formula, which Abbot Luigi Lanzi employs in his Storia pittorica d'Italia in order to introduce the chapter devoted to the most notable artists of...
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Books: The Good of All - by Mariella Carlotti

An art history book that looks a lot like a civics book: after all, what is art history for if not to educate, as well as to excite and move minds? We could summarize in this way the interesting book The Good of All, written by Mariella Carlotti and ...
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Gordon Moran leaves us. Our remembrance

It is only now, heavily delayed, that we learn of Gordon Moran's passing, thanks to his wife Lucia Monaci who had the kind thought to notify us, and whom we thank from the bottom of our hearts. Well: Gordon Moran, an independent scholar who devoted a...
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Gordon Moran and the Siege of Siena.

The article we offer in our Ilaria 's translation came out in the Summer 2013 issue (p. 13) of Vista, a four-monthly English-language magazine on Florence and its surroundings. Written by Lila Baghzouz, it offers a summary of the events surrounding t...
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