“La bellissima inventiva” is a video mapping made on the occasion of the restoration of the famous cycle of frescoes, painted by Ambrogio Lorenzetti between 1337 and 1339, in the Sala dei Nove in Siena’s Palazzo Pubblico. A majestic cycle known as the “Allegory of Good and Bad Government.”
The video mapping project “La bellissima inventiva” celebrates the artistic and political legacy of Ambrogio Lorenzetti through a projection onto the façade of the Palazzo Pubblico. Based on a rigorous historical reconstruction of the building in 1350, the project animates the characters of the Allegory to transform the admonition of Good Government into a contemporary visual experience.
Thanks to the scientific consultancy of Dr. Veronica Randon, we translated the fresco’s hidden meanings into a narrative that follows the cycle of the sun: from the idyll of peace to the darkness of Bad Government. The show concludes with the symbol of San Bernardino and the Maestro’s immortal signature, combining medieval memory with modern-day sensibility.
