Early Gothic
The Lorenzetti Brothers
* Pietro Lorenzetti (c.1280–1348, Italian) and* Ambrogio Lorenzetti (c.1290–1348, Italian)
together introduced naturalism into Sienese art.
Both are believed to have died of bubonic plague in 1348.
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| Saint Sabinus before the Governor of Tuscany - Pietro Lorenzetti (1280–1348, Italian) - Tempera on poplar, altarpiece (37.5 x 33 cm) 1330s - National Gallery (London) |
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| The Charity of St. Nicholas of Bari - Ambrogio Lorenzetti - tempera and gold on poplar wood (30 x 20.5 cm) c.1330-c.1340 - Louvre (Paris) |
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| The Allegory of Good and Bad Government - Ambrogio Lorenzetti - a series of 3 fresco panels (7.7 x 14.4 m (room)) 1338-1339 - Palazzo Pubblico (Siena) |
In the Sala dei Nove ("Salon of Nine"), the paintings have been construed as being "designed to remind the Nine [magistrates] of just how much was at stake as they made their decisions".
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| Palazzo Pubblico (Siena) |
Source: Wikipedia
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