Tyranny and Injustice for All: The Allegory of Good and Bad Government in Siena
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48m
This lecture will discuss the Allegory of Good and Bad Government by Ambrogio Lorenzetti in the “Room of the Nine”- Siena’s medieval Oval Office. We will come to understand that the governing principles of an effective democracy transcend time.
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