The Iconography of the Hall of the Consistory in the Palazzo Pubblico, Siena
1972; College Art Association; Volume: 54; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/3049034
ISSN1559-6478
Autores Tópico(s)Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
ResumoThe vault of the Hall of the Consistory in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena was painted by Domenico Beccafumi between 1529 and 1535 and is a splendid example of that great Tuscan's style (Figs. 1 and 2).1 It is also noteworthy as a work of art calculated to inspire public rectitude and patriotic allegiance; programmatically, it depicts civic virtues illustrated by Greek and Roman exempla virtutis. As such it is not the least important of several similarly oriented frescoes adorning the walls of the Palazzo Pubblico, which make the interior decoration of that seat of government uniquely valuable as a centuries-long pictorial discourse on political philosophy.2 But whereas the didactic content of Simone Martini's Maesta in the Hall of the Great Council, Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Allegories of Good and Bad Government in the Hall of the Nine, and Taddeo di Bartolo's Civic Virtues and exempla virtutis in the vestibule of the Chapel has been studied by Nicolai Rubinstein,3 the iconography of the ceiling of the Consistory has not received the attention it deserves.
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