ARTH 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Palazzo Pubblico, John, Duke Of Berry, Ambrogio Lorenzetti
12 Oct 2016
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Arth 214 renaissance art; october 12, 2016. Ambrogio lorenzetti, allegory of good and bad government in the. City and the country, 1338-1339, sala della pace (room of peace), Sometimes called sala dei nove (room of the nine). Ambrogio lorenzetti, allegory of good government, sala della pace, 1338-39: the personification of commune (representing the government of siena, older man dressed in black and white) is seated in majesty (orb and scepter), faith, Hope and charity (the cardinal virtues) are above him; to either side of commune sit personifications of the attendant qualities of good government: on the far left, justice (a beautiful woman, with wisdom above, and communicative. Justice and distributive justice to either side, from aristotle"s politics), and below. Justice is concord (seated woman) with the 24 magistrates of siena; the reclining figure of peace (in white on settee) is dominant over war as symbolized by the armor under her cushion and feet.
