Raphael's final and most prominent patron, the Sienese banker Agostino Chigi, had just been married to one Francesca Ardeasca.

拉斐尔最后一位也是最重要的一位赞助人，塞尼思银行家阿果思提诺·齐格，那时刚与弗朗西斯卡·阿迪斯卡结婚。

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Ucello painted the battle between Florentine and Sienese forces in 1432 - which took place within his lifetime - three times, each time employing spectacular color and - for the time - great realism.

乌切罗三次描绘了发生在他有生之年的佛罗伦萨和锡耶纳1432年战争的场面，每一次都用了大量绚丽的色彩，就当时来说，是很了不起的现实主义。

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Indeed, the Sienese place incredible demands on the national TV network, RAI, for rights to televise their festival.

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Il Palio is one of very few surviving medieval spectacles of its type in Italy, enduring thanks to the sheer tenacity of Sienese traditionalism.

BBC: Tuscany's medieval-style festival

Gulammohammed Sheikh (b. 1937) is represented by a powerful canvas, "In and Out of Story" (1984-85), that's shown alongside images of Ambrogio Lorenzetti's majestic 14th-century Sienese frescoes and a 16th-century Mughal illustration.

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