An arboreal archaeologist roots around the Italian countryside and in centuries-old frescoes for a cornucopia of fruits long forgotten—but still viable to grow and consume ...

Titled “Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350,” the show ... While many look to Florence as the creative pulse of early ...

We know that because Isabella has seen it in art museums across Italy. Dalla Ragione: This fruit is in many paintings of the ... important painters of the early Renaissance. Schapiro: It’s ...

In essence, this exhibition offers first, a fresh perspective on the preeminence of Siena in Early Renaissance Italy — as opposed to Florence. Secondly, the show makes the case for a more important ...