'RENAISSANCE' is so vague a term that trying to date its period precisely is idle. The exhibition, Painting in Renaissance Siena at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1988-9, covered the years from 1420 to 1500, which brought in the supreme Sienese master, Sassetta, but paid scant attention to his near-equal, the Griselda Master. The National Gallery's current exhibition (24 October 2007-13 January 2008), Renaissance Siena: Art for a City begins at about 1460 and continues to 1530, which excludes Sassetta and avoids any contention about how many of the scenes from the life of ...

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