Goals
- to introduce students to the civic tradition of using art in public spaces to communicate the political and cultural values of a society.
- to reinforce the themes of civic humanism in the works of Leonardo Bruni and Poggio Bracciolini by investigating parallels within the images and symbols in Lorenzetti's allegory.
- to provide students with a sense of the patron/client relationship in the cultural context of Renaissance art.
- through the creation of their own mural of good government, develop the students' appreciation of the differences and similarities between modern and Renaissance notions of good government.
Key concepts, vocabulary, terms:
Civic humanism, city-state, signori, patron, client, fresco/mural, allegory, metaphor, discordia, aequitas.
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