Lorenzetti Good Government Essay

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There is a striking resemblance, as well as notable differences between Lorenzetti’s frescos paintings: Good Government in the City and Good Government in the Country. The two large pieces are definitely analogous. In the fresco wall painting Good Government in the City Ambrogio Lorenzetti depicts an ideal and almost utopian city in which the homes and streets are filled with activity as a way to show a city state that is well in order (Davies et al. 460). In its civically flourishing scenery everyone is engaging in productivity; classes are being taught by their teachers, merchandise is being sold by merchant’s, and royal dignitaries riding their horses amidst (460). My goal is to describe how politics and economic status in these paintings were symbolized in its content.
In Good Government in the City the color scheme consists of blue, green, red and peach, including earth tone colors such as russet and badge (Davies et al. 460-461). The overall texture is course and the people are drawn rather simply with moderate details to their faces and clothing. In the background the architectural ambiance of Sienna is visible, and it is the most prominent feature in the painting (460). On …show more content…

460-461). These artistic details symbolize the productive nature of governed inhabitants who also supports the life of the city. The Good Government in the Country is similar to the “Good Government in the City” both visually and conceptually (460-461). The country portrait has some of the colors that are in the city (orange, red and green), though the painting has more earth tones. In addition, the low saturation and rough texture is also common in both pictures. They differ however in that there are more livestock and plant life in the country (460-461). “The allegory of these pieces was mostly consigned by a civic group called the Council of Nine, they commissioned him for approximately 70 years” ("The Fresco Known as Good and Bad

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