Virtually nothing is known about the life of Cenni di Pepo, better known as Cimabue (c. 1240-1302), the Florentine artist often called the father of Western painting. A mere two decades after his ...

Its medieval art masterpieces, such as the Basilica of San Francesco and paintings by Cimabue, Pietro Lorenzetti, Simone Martini and Giotto, have made Assisi a fundamental reference point for the ...