Bilder der Rechtsprechung: Spätmittelalterliche Wandmalereien in Regierungsräumen italienischer Kommunen

This work is the first systematic and comparative examination of political paintings in Italian local government and judicial chambers in the 13th and 14th centuries. Drawing on the perspectives of art history, the author analyzes four examples of newly researched cycles of frescos in the context of broader historical, political, and legal developments, offering new insights into the function of images in the late Middle Ages.

• The first systematic comparative study of political mural paintings in late medieval Italy
• Provides important insights into the function of images in the duecento and trecento
• Presents newly researched cycles of mural paintings