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    The Allegory of Good and Bad Government by Ambrogio Lorenzetti was a series of frescoes commissioned by the government of Siena between 1337-1339. It was located in the Council Room of the Town Hall and featured six scenes contrasting the effects of good versus bad government on the city and countryside of Siena. The frescoes sent a political message about the importance of honest leadership over tyranny and were some of the first to feature the landscape of Siena prominently.

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    The Allegory of Good and Bad Government by Ambrogio Lorenzetti was a series of frescoes commissioned by the government of Siena between 1337-1339. It was located in the Council Room of the Town Hall and featured six scenes contrasting the effects of good versus bad government on the city and countryside of Siena. The frescoes sent a political message about the importance of honest leadership over tyranny and were some of the first to feature the landscape of Siena prominently.

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    The Allegory of Good and Bad Government by Ambrogio Lorenzetti was a series of frescoes commissioned by the government of Siena between 1337-1339. It was located in the Council Room of the Town Hall and featured six scenes contrasting the effects of good versus bad government on the city and countryside of Siena. The frescoes sent a political message about the importance of honest leadership over tyranny and were some of the first to feature the landscape of Siena prominently.

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    Ambrogio Lorenzetti

    Allegory of the Good and Bad Government


    The Allegory of Good and Bad Government by Lorenzetti is a series of frescoes
    painted between 1337 and 1339.

    Commissioned by the government of Siena.

    Located in the Salon of Nine, or Council Room, in the Town Hall.

    The series are made up of six different scenes:

    ★ The Allegory of Good Government


    ★ The Allegory of Bad Government
    ★ Effects of Bad Government in the City
    ★ Effects of Good Government in the City
    ★ Effects of Bad Government in the Country
    ★ Effects of Good Government in the Country
    The message of the fresco was to send a political message and a political warning

    The scenes show the difference between peace and opulence of honest rule
    versus the ruin of rule by tyranny

    The frescoes were also the first to give landscape a central role, which is the
    landscape of Siena

    This fresco is unique to the Sienese school as it is a secular theme rather than a
    religious
    About the artist
    Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290-1348) born and died Siena.

    He and his brother, Pietro, were both painters who were part of the Sienese
    school. The Sienese school flourished between the 13th and 15th centuries. The
    style is characterized by Gothic style such as gold backgrounds, and idealized
    figures. The Sienese school was constantly in competition with the Florentine
    school.

    Ambrogio’s style is more realistic, inventive and became more influential than his
    brother, Pietro.
    Siena
    Siena in the 1300s was a very rich city.

    Many wealthy families lived in Siena and

    ran large banks.

    It was the main pilgrimage route to Rome

    The Nine, a group of 9 men who were

    elected by the middle class not the noble people to hold office

    every two months, controlled the city’s landscape and architecture.


    Allegory of Good Government
    Allegory of the Good Government
    Fresco on the side walls of the Council Hall.

    In the foreground we see contemporaries figures of Siena, members of


    Democratic government

    Behind them are two groups of allegorical figures

    The enthroned man on the right represents represent the city of Siena and Good
    Government

    Below his feet are sons of Remus, Ascius and Senius who according to legend are
    founders of Siena

    On both sides of enthroned man are six females who represent cardinal virtues:
    Peace, Fortitude, Prudence, and on the left Magnanimity, Temperance, Justice
    Allegory of Bad Government
    The fresco is on the opposite wall of Allegory of Good Government

    At the center of the fresco sits Tyrannia with a demon, holding a gold cup in his
    hand alongside a goat, which is symbolic of luxury and lust. Tyrannia is a symbol
    of corruption.
    In the Allegory of Good
    Government Justice is
    elevated. She is a symbol of
    truth and fairness.

    Two angels on each scale


    represent distributive justice
    punishment and reward with
    wisdom.

    On the right we see a citizen


    being punished, and on the left
    citizens being rewarded which
    symbolizes law and order.
    In in Bad Government she shown as
    fallen and her scales are broken.
    Effects of Good Government in the City
    The fresco is in the longer part of the Council room.

    The fresco represents several scenes of city and shows the center of the city

    The fresco shows various activities that are important to keep a city well organized
    Detail of Effects of Good Government in the Country
    Detail of Effects of Bad Government in the Country

    We see a barren countryside, there is nothing cultivating


    Sources
    http://www.timefordemocracy.com/tutorials/allegory%20good%20bad%20governm
    ent.pdf

    https://www.wga.hu/html_m/l/lorenzet/ambrogio/governme/index.html

    https://www.visittuscany.com/en/attractions/ambrogio-lorenzettis-good-and-bad-go
    vernment/

    https://medium.com/@shirqille/what-lorenzettis-allegory-of-good-and-bad-governm
    ent-can-teach-us-about-good-governance-4a6c8f392172

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