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AMBROGIO LORENZETII

B()rn in Sima,

ywngt'r brotlm-of

til< aniIT PinTo

R«(Kdd a, Iit-ing

in Sima

PainlJ fr=-fo.-

cbap'" hou" ofS.

Fmn",,", Si"'a

Enurr tb, ,,,,ild

at FIorrn"

Paintf fr'xot!, in

,b, Pala=o

Public. QtSima

Oi""f tb, pJagl«

in Sima

The Life of S.int Nichol. s ofB~ri

(d"ail) (c.lJJ])

AI hirbop of Myra, S, NidNJla, if ,bot:.",

"" .. ing tb, "",,,,from f"min. by mira"""""'y

Jryingand mllltiplying ,b, filCh oft:.·bw ,bat

blMl fall", in'" tb, ""

T

he,e an: k w hard IiIcrs a,~ibhlc aoollt

Amb"'gio L""nz<~ti. It " "".<\, liLdJ'

that he ","", a p"pil of Duccio. n'gnher

with h" (~(k:, hrn,ho::, PiL~"': and ho:: is Imown n,

ha,,: I" id "' Ic,,,, twO cxt{"["hl ,·"its to ]o1o",r'I<'t:

fi-,. " h" "JIl>l: in Sic",. lIe ".,,, dearly fa",iliar

no' only "i,h the worl of Giono but al<o:) thot of

G iono's 1·1orcnt;"" ,u"""-,,,<,rS; and he is I""bol~y

""Iu"ihle~" ""min Sic""", inilu<"Iltt:s on ,ho::

an of I~on:n,". I'.nirularly in the a"'" of ,.,,,11

de",, ;onall';""''''''

Both Arnh<ogio and I'ictto n:nd towards

narrH;"e ra,hc' th.n deco",,;,e wor k: and

Amh"'gio -'he mOre in"m,i", of thc twO _ is

he,,_known ~" his fi-cs<x>l:s in ,he grand council

chamber of Sim •. dealing with thm,cs of W)(. l

and h.d w""rnmmt and 'heir cfkcrs on b"th

urbon and rural life. II" delightful srenes an:

{"[am">l:d with inci(k:nt .nd an:hitcctural d<~ail.

T hey an: 'he frr" p'norlmic "icws (}If town and

cou"t'Y sin"" das.ieal times. and dernln"rlte

tho:: n:""rbhle cunt",l of Str""OJn:. 'I"ce and

(~st:l.""e achie",d in I tI ~a n p.inting a' this time.

",·ith Ambrogio:lS an ad"an,,,d "1:1"{"[.

·ll..:: L,n:nz<:tti ho::othcrs to,th died in thc

gr .... J, plague of] 348. which killo::d two ... thi,ds (}If

tho:: 1 "1,uhtion of Sien •. indu(ling • g",at many

of 'hc c()nrr,~ling a"s"){"["1<)·.

The Effects ofGoooJ Go..-crnm<:nt in the City (J."'if) (/117_ J9)

Thi, d,,,,il a/fortb a g/im!= "f "JI!ryd", lift in " t:."/I_g",·,",,d city. !II", Qnd

tr"m'" rid, about on m,-,,/mck, a ,bop IT/nub op'" fllr In"i",,, and il1l

i"'''-''''ng p"rrion oftb, t"",n armi,,,,,,,", ;, r,,·,al,d, fiJI oflmttkmmtJ and

boleoni,,-Althougb Sin'" ri:",g,d Flo,,,,,, in pr"'P"ity at til< tim, of

p"iming, it i, prolmbly an jdroliud "prumt.,illil to eontr"" ,;:im tb, '/mJ

g",""m",,,,' jr.Jro in tb, """' cba"br. ,botring a dty d"'a"""d by f"m'n.

and mlln<Ut"r fallingfr.-'Il< 'ry