Ambrogio Lorenzetti

Ambrogio Lorenzetti (* 1290 in Siena, ibid † 1348; partly Ambruogio Laurati ) was an Italian painter. Ambrogio Lorenzetti Pietro and his brother were important representatives of the Sienese school. Ambrogio painted mainly in the period from 1317 until his death altar paintings and frescoes. He became famous for his allegorical representation of Good and Bad Government in the Palazzo Pubblico, the town hall of Siena.

For European painting Lorenzetti's fresco cycle Good and bad government is a key work. New image analysis suggests that it can be seen that Homer and Hesiod Works in Western Europe before Petrarch in western Europe must have been known since Lorenzetti obviously ran out in this work of already existing imagery, as one in Homer's Shield Description ( Homer: Iliad, 18 can check. vocals) as well as in Hesiod's shield of Heracles. But there are also works by other authors have been adopted in the design of Lorenzetti's cycle of paintings Good and bad government image quotes, such as Cicero, Augustine, Suso and Others

His fresco "Allegory of Good Government " at the Palazzo Pubblico (Siena ) is considered the first representation of an hourglass.

Works

• Virgin and Child ( 1319 )
• San Procolo, altarpiece ( 1332 )
• The Martyrdom of St. Francis in Bombay ( to 1336 ), Fresco, San Francesco, Siena
• Series of frescoes in the Sala dei Nove in the Palazzo Pubblico, Siena. The frescoes were written between 1338 and 1339th On three walls of the room are located on one wall an allegory for good and on the other one for poor governance, on the third to the effects of good governance. Allegoria del Cattivo Governo
• Allegoria del Buon Governo
• Effetti del Buon Governo in città e campagna in

• Santa Petronilla altarpiece (1340 )