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The Allegory of Good and Bad Government is a series of three fresco panels painted by Ambrogio Lorenzetti between February 1338 and May 1339. The paintings are located in Siena 's Palazzo Pubblico —specifically in the Sala dei Nove ("Salon of Nine"), the council hall of the Republic of Siena 's nine executive magistrates, [2] elected ...
Dec 6, 2023 · by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Allegory of Good Government, Effects of Good Government in the City and the Country, and Allegory and Effects of Bad Government in the City and the Country, c. 1337-40, fresco, Sala della Pace (Hall of Peace) also known as the Sala dei Nove (the Hall of the Nine), 7.7 x 14.4m (room ...
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Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Italian pronunciation: [amˈbrɔːdʒo lorenˈtsetti]; c. 1290 – 9 June 1348) or Ambruogio Laurati was an Italian painter of the Sienese school. He was active from approximately 1317 to 1348. He painted The Allegory of Good and Bad Government in the Sala dei Nove (Salon of Nine or Council Room) in Siena's Palazzo Pubblico.
- Allegory of good government, Allegory of bad government
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The Effects of Good Government in the City, fresco painted in 1338–40 by Italian artist Ambrogio Lorenzetti.By far one of his most important works, it is part of a cycle of paintings generally known as the Allegories of Good and Bad Government, which were commissioned to adorn the walls of the Sala della Pace in the Palazzo Pubblico of Siena.
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Feb 26, 2021 · Located in the Palazzo Pubblico, or town hall, of the Tuscan city of Siena, about an hour by car from Florence, it is a series of three frescoes originally commissioned by a rotating group of ...
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Siena, Palazzo Pubblico. The Palazzo Pubblico has always represented the centre of civic life for the citizens of Siena; it has frequently been at the centre of the most significant events in the history of the city. The construction of the Palazzo Pubblico demonstrated an intense commitment during a relatively short period (1297-1308) that ...
Allegory of the Good Government, fresco in the Palazzo Pubblico, Siena. Ambrogio Lorenzetti frescoed the side walls of the Council Room (Sala dei Nove) of the City Hall, the Palazzo Pubblico, of Siena. The subject of the frescoes are the Good and Bad Government and their effects on the life of the cities and villages.
