Simone Martini, “Christ on the Cross,” detail (1340); Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University (photo Daniel Larkin/Hyperallergic) Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350, an examination of Siena’s ...
The Renaissance was full of world-famous rivalries: from the Medici and the Pazzi families who feuded over who would rule Florence, to Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo who scrapped over commissions ...