The Sienese School

From its vantage point high in the Tuscan hills, Sienna was exceptionally well placed to become one of the greatest artistic centers of medieval Europe. Throughout the Middle Ages……

Art of the Inquisition

Ventura Salimbeni

Ventura Salimbeni was one of the most outstanding painters of the Mannerist school in the 16th century. The prevailing characteristic of his paintings are unnaturally elongated figures and intense contrasts of color.  The haunting passion of Salimbeni’s work reveal an artist overcome by religious zeal.

 

 He was a man of unconventional habits and ideas, of tremendous resolve, extraordinary boldness, and…more here