In 1972, Aretha Franklin performed “Mary, Don’t You Weep” with a gospel choir at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles. “We’re going to review the story of two sisters called Mary ...

But before the plague, it was a wonderful city – rich, civic-minded, famous for its goldsmiths, its show-off cathedral ... yourself a favour: go. SIENA: THE RISE OF PAINTING 1300‒1350 is ...

The National Gallery presents another blockbuster exhibition in celebration of its 200th anniversary exploring the vibrant new way of painting that developed in early 14th century Siena. The rigidity ...

Britain's love affair with Sienese painting is well documented from ... shelf with images that supported the main panels) of Siena cathedral's enormous double-sided high altarpiece (known as ...

The wealth of Siena’s visual culture is represented with illuminated manuscripts; sculptures in marble, ivory, terracotta and ...

With glittering treasures from Siena’s golden age at every turn, this outstanding exhibition at The National Gallery in London is the first outside of continental Europe to consider the major role tha ...

Even after 700 years, these look-at-me buildings are showstoppers. And the unfinished cathedral adds a potent, poignant ...

An excited crowd filled the wide square in Siena on June 9 1311. The shops were closed and a procession of clergy preceded ...

Britain’s love affair with Sienese painting is well documented from the late 19th ... back predella (a box-like shelf with images that supported the main panels) of Siena cathedral’s enormous ...

And when you're done in the Duomo, more awesome art awaits in the adjoining Cathedral Museum, and in the splendid Palazzo Pubblico, Siena's seat of power. Even after 700 years, these look-at-me ...