A key exhibit in Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300‒1350 at the National Gallery, is a ‘Head of Christ’ by Lando di Pietro, which is split in two. Paintings by some of the greatest Italian artists of ...

Paintings are "dramatically spot-lit" and ... Another "standout", by Duccio's pupil Simone Martini, depicts a "truculent" young Christ "chided by remonstrating parents. Even the son of God ...

Its medieval art masterpieces, such as the Basilica of San Francesco and paintings by Cimabue, Pietro Lorenzetti, Simone Martini and Giotto, have made Assisi a fundamental reference point for the ...