Gold, light and painted space

This visit stays in the Sainsbury Wing. Gold gives way to charcoal, oil paint, sculptural bodies and clear landscape. The order follows useful comparisons and the rooms, rather than a strict timeline. It ends with Piero della Francesca’s The Baptism of Christ. Choose it for a closer look at how materials and techniques create a figure or a place. The seven stops include a portable painting, a large preparatory drawing and pictures made for homes and churches. Allow 75–105 minutes.