Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s painting known as “The Allegory of Good Government and Bad Government,” from 1339, is thought to be Europe’s first landscape painting since the fall of Rome, 900 years earlier.

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Carmine Crucifix returns to Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena ...

On April 25, I was thrilled to deliver a TED Talk in Vancouver. I’m a lover of Italian art, and one of my favorite old masters is Ambrogio Lorenzetti. In 1339, Lorenzetti finished a series of frescos ...

The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350,” which debuted at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York before traveling to the National Gallery in London. In the beginning of Trecento Pictoriality: ...

This paper focuses on the intricate allegory of Ambrogio Lorenzetti's "Good Government" mural in the council hall of the nine executive magistrates of the state of Siena in the city's Palazzo Pubblico ...

Like the air we breathe, peace does not typically command our attention until we lose it. That is why the study of peace is ...

Recorded in the Lira 389 account book of the Siena State Archive are repayments of loans made by the Commune of Siena between 1340 and 1342. This book provides new documentary evidence relating to ...

Siena has recently enjoyed a renaissance in the public estimation. This year, the blockbuster exhibition Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-1350 (at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and London’s ...

”Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.”- Picasso. We recently returned from a whirlwind trip to Italy that touched on many of the unique sights this country has to offer. Late October weather ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

For my wife, Barbara, and me, the best exhibition we saw in the past year was the one that most relates to our collecting interests: "Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350," which debuted at the ...

NEW YORK — American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony D. Romero’s TED talk was published today. It issued a call to action for Americans to fight against the "bad government" of the ...