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Step into 14th-century Siena and discover how artists broke from tradition and pioneered new ways of storytelling. Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime celebration marking the rise of Western painting.

Step into 14th-century Siena and discover how artists broke from tradition and pioneered new ways of storytelling. Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime celebration marking the rise of Western painting.

Saint Anthony is believed to offer protection against leprosy and disfiguring skin diseases. Skin diseases such as ergotism and erysipelas were known as ‘Saint Anthony’s Fire’ due to the belief that ...

The 17th century was the era of the Baroque, a style bringing passion, colour and drama to painting, sculpture, architecture ...

Who was John the Baptist and why has he been so important to artists and patrons over the centuries? 10 films explore the life of this pivotal figure through masterpieces in the National Gallery and ...

Reni was trained by Denys Calvaert, and then probably in the Carracci workshop. He spent 1602-13 in Rome, where Domenichino had also arrived. Reni is reputed to have met (and quarrelled with) ...

Rosa was one of the least conventional artists of 17th-century Italy, and was adopted as a hero by painters of the Romantic movement in the later 18th and early 19th centuries. He was mainly a painter ...

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Puvis was born at Lyon and trained in Paris by Henri Scheffer (1846/8). He spent a year in Italy and received further training with Delacroix and Couture, though the main influence on his style was ...

Image: Detail from Anon, Portrait of Renoir Musée Marmottan, Paris © akg-images Renoir's work seems always to be about pleasurable occasions, and reveals no great ...