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Description: The City at Peace (or Good Government in the City)

TitleThe City at Peace (or Good Government in the City)

Creator nameLorenzetti, Ambrogio

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1338–1340

Object typePainting

MaterialsFresco

LocationSala della Pace, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsCity and town life in artArchitecture in artMural painting and decoration, Medieval--Italy

Statusscene from An Allegory of Good and Bad Government

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Chapter 2. The Council Hall: Eloquent Heraldry

C. Jean Campbell

The Game of Courting and the Art of the Commune of San Gimignano, 1290–1320

THE COUNCIL HALL of San Gimignano’s Communal Palace is today dominated by two monumental images of rulers holding court. On the south wall is the heavenly court...

Author

C. Jean Campbell

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.44-106

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00352.3

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Chapter subject tags:Mural painting and decoration, Medieval--ItalyPalazzo comunale (San Gimignano, Italy)Hunting in artLorenzetti, Ambrogio, 1285-approximately 1348

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Introduction: Life Between Buildings

Fabrizio Nevola

Street Life in Renaissance Italy

~The Renaissance in Italy is a period that has been studied extensively and from multiple points of view. Following Erwin Panofsky, numerous scholars have pointed out that there are many ‘Renaissances’, which overlap to create a rich picture of one of the best-studied...

Author

Fabrizio Nevola

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.7-21

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Chapter subject tags:Architecture, Renaissance--ItalyLorenzetti, Ambrogio, 1285-approximately 1348Urban ecology (Sociology)Public spaces--ItalyMaterial culture--ItalyPalazzo pubblico (Siena, Italy)City and town life--Italy

1. Urbs and Civitas

Richard L. Kagan

Urban Images of the Hispanic World: 1493–1793

The city view, in various manifestations, has long been a source of both knowledge and pleasure. The Civitates orbis terrarum, a sixteenth-century compendium of cities worldwide, enabled the English writer Robert Burton (1577–1640) to “behold, as it were, all the remote provinces, towns, and...

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Richard L. Kagan

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.1-18

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00278.001

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Chapter subject tags:Cities and towns--Pictorial worksCartographyWyngaerde, Anton van den, -1571Spain in the New WorldGeography

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