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The Artist as Political Philosopher: Ambrogio Lorenzetti and Good Government – Skinner Quentin – New Literary Review – 2026 – ISBN 978-5-4448-3047-5

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How can we reconstruct the political and philosophical conventions of an era by studying the language of painting? Renowned historian Quentin Skinner turns to Ambrogio Lorenzetti's fresco cycle "Allegory of Good and Bad Government" in Siena's Palazzo Pubblico, offering an innovative way to read its political iconography. By depicting the opposing consequences of Good Government and Tyranny, Lorenzetti—both artist and philosopher—makes visible the ideals and practices embodied in the Siena Republic during his time. Starting from these visual images, Skinner systematically examines the underlying texts and political vocabulary of the time, turning to treatises on the art of government that, during that era, contributed to a rethinking of the principles of public and state authority. This approach allows the author to make a genuine scientific breakthrough—to trace the origins of a new understanding of civic ethics and republican freedom that emerged at the turn of the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance and laid the foundations of modern political thought.
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