Lorenzetti’s Peaceful City is still displayed in the city of Sienna. The piece served as propaganda because at that time in Italy it was important to push forward the city-state because of the intense competition. It depicts the positive attributes of the city, everyone looks happy. In the background we can see watch towers, there’s an attempt at perspective with the size of buildings decreasing in the distance, meaning it is not quite linear perspective but rather stacked perspective. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the city to create a series of works that promoted Sienna; Peaceful City and Peaceful Country were among them.
I decided on adding Lorenzetti’s piece to my collection because it was one of the first propaganda pieces. Furthermore, I enjoy 14th Century Italian art because it wasn’t quiet the Renaissance but close enough that we begin to see the evolution of the arts at a much faster rater. Moreover, unlike Northern European art from this period, the colors are not as vibrant and are primarily frescoes. It’s appealing to the eye because of how the figures within the piece are portrayed.
I decided on adding Lorenzetti’s piece to my collection because it was one of the first propaganda pieces. Furthermore, I enjoy 14th Century Italian art because it wasn’t quiet the Renaissance but close enough that we begin to see the evolution of the arts at a much faster rater. Moreover, unlike Northern European art from this period, the colors are not as vibrant and are primarily frescoes. It’s appealing to the eye because of how the figures within the piece are portrayed.
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