This small panel was positioned near the base ... Art is there to do, in a sense, what Jesus did to Lazarus, and what Duccio and Franklin did to their art forms: to open up a door, to recoup ...

I had been looking forward to the National Gallery's exhibition Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 for several ...

Even in this dismantled state, it’s possible to appreciate Duccio’s astounding achievement and see how it shaped the work of his successors. Siena’s tradition of high-quality devotional panel painting ...

This small panel was positioned near the base ... Art is there to do, in a sense, what Jesus did to Lazarus, and what Duccio and Franklin did to their art forms: to open up a door, to recoup ...