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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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Effects of Good Government on Town and Country
Work_PrefTitle
Effects of Good Government on Town and Country
Preferred Title
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Alternate Title:
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Effetti del Buon Governo in città e campagna
Work_AltTitle
Effetti del Buon Governo in città e campagna
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Image View:
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Detail, lower painted dado decoration with allegorical figure in grisaille
Image_Title
Detail, lower painted dado decoration with allegorical figure in grisaille
Image View
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Creator:
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Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Italian painter, 1285-ca. 1348)
Agent_Display
Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Italian painter, 1285-ca. 1348)
Creator
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Location:
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repository: Palazzo Pubblico (Siena, Tuscany, Italy)
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
repository: Palazzo Pubblico (Siena, Tuscany, Italy)
Location
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Location Note:
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Sala dei Nove (Council Room, also called Sala della Pace)
Work_LocationNotes
Sala dei Nove (Council Room, also called Sala della Pace)
Location Note
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GPS:
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43.318333 11.331389
GPS
43.318333 11.331389
GPS
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Date:
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1338-1339 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
1338-1339 (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
Work_Culture
Italian
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Fourteenth century; Gothic (Medieval)
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Fourteenth century; Gothic (Medieval)
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
Work_Worktype1
fresco (painting)
Work Type 1
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Classification:
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Paintings
Work_Classification
Paintings
Classification
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Material:
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pigment on plaster
Work_MaterialDisplay
pigment on plaster
Material
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
Work_Technique
fresco painting (technique)
Technique
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Measurements:
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14.4 m (length, wall with fresco)
Work_MeasurementDisp lay
14.4 m (length, wall with fresco)
Measurements
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Inscription:
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Inscription, banner held by Justice (translated): "Without fear every man may travel freely and each may till and sow, so long as this commune shall maintain this lady [Justice] sovereign, for she has stripped the wicked of all power.”
Work_InscriptionDisp lay
Inscription, banner held by Justice (translated): "Without fear every man may travel freely and each may till and sow, so long as this commune shall maintain this lady [Justice] sovereign, for she has stripped the wicked of all power.”
Inscription
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Subjects:
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allegory; cityscape; cycles or series; landscape; Sienese; Republic of Siena
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
allegory; cityscape; cycles or series; landscape; Sienese; Republic of Siena
Subjects
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Description:
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Among Ambrogio’s most significant works are those for the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena. While the Sala dei Nove (meeting chamber of the governing Nine) is an important historical document, its pictorial innovations are still more significant. In the Effects of Good Government, on the east wall, the cityscape displays a spatial organization unique for the period. Even more dramatic is the depiction of the surrounding countryside: the first panoramic landscape since antiquity, it is organized in a manner that would ultimately influence painters as far afield as France and the Netherlands. The countryside provides views of villas and farms in the area around Siena and a nascent conception of aerial perspective. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Work_Description_Sou rce
Among Ambrogio’s most significant works are those for the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena. While the Sala dei Nove (meeting chamber of the governing Nine) is an important historical document, its pictorial innovations are still more significant. In the Effects of Good Government, on the east wall, the cityscape displays a spatial organization unique for the period. Even more dramatic is the depiction of the surrounding countryside: the first panoramic landscape since antiquity, it is organized in a manner that would ultimately influence painters as far afield as France and the Netherlands. The countryside provides views of villas and farms in the area around Siena and a nascent conception of aerial perspective. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
LocalCollection
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Collection
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Identifier:
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7A1-LOREN-PP-EGG-A24
Image_OriginalVendor ID
7A1-LOREN-PP-EGG-A24
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Rights
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