3. Government buildings during the age of the Italian commune

Question 1

The age of Italian communal governments

Answer 1

-11th-14th centuries
-cities gain independence from local feudal aristocracy and bishops

Question 2

focus building of this lecture?

Answer 2

Palazzo Publicco, Siena

Question 3

campo

Answer 3

center point where three Sienese districts converge (like the four square states connect)
- three districts each elect 3 governors

Question 4

Maesta fresco in Public Palazzo assembly hall, Siena

Answer 4

• artist is simone martini
• sienese government took inspiration from Duccio’s Maesta in Siena
• inscriptions in vernacular latin about honesty
• shows gov aligning with Virgin Mary
• Mary depicted in upperclass ladies style

Question 5

assembly hall of the Public Palazzo in Siena

Answer 5

• center part of the public palazzo
  -elected legislative branch
• 100 elected leaders from 3 districts, +200 nonelected

Question 6

Good and Bad Government frescos (1337-1339)

Answer 6

artist: ambrogio lorenzetti
- located in the hall of the nine

Question 7

what branch of gov is the nine governors?

Answer 7

the executive branch
- 2 month terms

Question 8

left wall of hall of nine governors

Answer 8

effects and allegory of bad government

Question 9

center wall of hall of nine governors (behind where they sat)

Answer 9

allegory of good government

Question 10

right wall of hall of nine governors

Answer 10

effects of good government

Question 11

difference between allegory and personification?

Answer 11

allegory posits a link between represented forms and abstract ideas. Personification is specifically human figures standing for abstract ideas

Question 12

effects of bad government in the city

Answer 12

-depicts personification of fear
- city depicted resembles siena, but no specific landmarks depicted
- people pic-axing architecture

Question 13

allegory of bad government

Answer 13

• personification of tyranny in the middle

Question 14

woman with wooden vice clamping down money

Answer 14

avarice

Question 15

woman with oxe holder thing but not doing any work

Answer 15

pride

Question 16

woman looking into a mirror

Answer 16

vanity

Question 17

man grabbing a baby by neck

Answer 17

cruelty

Question 18

man holding a lamb with a scorpion tale

Answer 18

treason

Question 19

man in green with wings and a clawed foot

Answer 19

fraud

Question 20

woman wearing half white half black

Answer 20

division

Question 21

man holding a shield and sword

Answer 21

war

Question 22

woman bound in the front

Answer 22

justice

Question 23

allegory of good government

Answer 23

• above where governors sit
• ## depicts justice and others

Question 24

to the right of justice

Answer 24

distributive justice

Question 25

to the left of justice

Answer 25

communtative justice

Question 26

woman in throne with scale behind her

Answer 26

justice

Question 27

woman holding rope

Answer 27

concord

Question 28

angel holding a book

Answer 28

wisdom

Question 29

angel hugging cross

Answer 29

faith

Question 30

angel with one hand on fire

Answer 30

charity

Question 31

angel staring at the sun

Answer 31

hope

Question 32

woman to the left of common good

Answer 32

prudence

Question 33

woman to the right of common good

Answer 33

magnanimity

Question 34

woman looking relaxed leaning back

Answer 34

peace

Question 35

woman with dagger and shield

Answer 35

fortitude

Question 36

woman staring at an hourglass

Answer 36

temperance

Question 37

woman with a severed head on her lap

Answer 37

justice (again)

Question 38

the effects of good government

Answer 38

• scenery more indicative of siena, dome is visible
• depicts dancing in streets
• depicts city walls
• personification of security, antithesis of fear

Question 39

inscription of effects of good government

Answer 39

security (secure government) creates the opposite of fear