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The Allegory of Good and Bad Government
The Allegory of Good and Bad Government is a cycle of frescoes painted by Ambrogio Lorenzetti in 1338–1339 in the Palazzo Pubblico of Siena, in the room where the city's governing council of the Nine met. It contrasts the virtues of just republican rule, shown in a prosperous city and countryside, with the ruin brought by tyranny. It is one of the most important works of secular political art of the Middle Ages.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). The Allegory of Good and Bad Government. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/allegory-of-good-and-bad-government
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- “The Allegory of Good and Bad Government.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/allegory-of-good-and-bad-government. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “The Allegory of Good and Bad Government.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/allegory-of-good-and-bad-government.
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