Review: Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-1350 - southlondon.co.uk
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Duccio di Buoninsegna, known universally as Duccio, was a rebellious and irascible type. The chronicles of his time record all the fines and penalties he received for defaulting on debts, for refusing to show loyalty to the authorities, for sneaking out of military service and even for practicing witchcraft. Duccio was also the key figure in the painting of the Italian city of Siena in the 13th century and one of the first artists to release the…
Review Round Up: Siena: The Rise of Painting, National Gallery
We take a look at how critics have been reacting to the National Gallery's latest exhibition. detail of a polyptych by Pietro Lorenzetti, c 1320. Photograph: Gentile concessione dell’Ufficio Beni Culturali della Diocesi di Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro / L.A.D. Photographic di Angel The Guardian: ***** "This epochal exhibition is full of works so intimate and expressive that the…
Review: Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-1350 - southlondon.co.uk
The Devil is in the Detail A missing 12-year-old boy has been located in the gallery but there’s no need to alert the museum guards as his anxious parents are busy berating him. His dad Joseph is red-faced with anger and his mum Mary is asking him what-on-earth he thought he was doing. In fact, the boy was doing precisely what he was sent to do on earth, lecturing at the temple, speaking his truth as depicted by Simone Martini in this small pain…
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