This is siena, a wonderfully preserved Medieval City in central italy. At its heyday around 1300, it was one of the most civilized and prosperous places in europe. Siena and other italian citystates can stand as a new beginning in our story of western art. Hitherto, the old medieval world view had, put simply, divided the classes of society into the aristocracy at the top, the church, and the laboring peasantry at the bottom. In places like this, we see for the first time a new class, conscious of its own identity the merchants. These cities were no longer controlled by feudal lords. They were republics. Here in siena, several thousand citizens were eligible for election to the governing bodies which met down there in the palazzo publica. And in the palazzo, there is a fresco painted in the 1340s which encapsulates their faith in the secular arts of government, in the moderating power of reason in human society. Its called the effects of good government. This marvous fresco, painted by
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Ballot. Right now fox news reporting american payday, the big squeeze. The election is almost upon us. And with the house of representatives firmly in republican hands and the white house of course off the table, everyones focus is on this side of the u. S. Capitol, the u. S. Senate. The republicans magic number is a gain of six seats. Anything less and democrats remain in control. So both sides are fighting it out in state after state realizing the National Implications of those local results. And if theres one issue thats got everyones attention, its the economy. President obama recently said that the economy is better than when he first took office. But the public is uneasy. Nevertheless democrats have been trying to establish that theyre the ones to be trusted with the economy. And over the past year theres a phrase theyve been using quite a bit. I believe this is the defining challenge of our time. Democrats have been talking a lot lately about income inequality. Theres no greater
Ballot. Right now fox news reporting american payday, the big squeeze. The election is almost upon us. And with the house of representatives firmly in republican hands and the white house of course off the table, everyones focus is on this side of the u. S. Capitol, the u. S. Senate. The republicans magic number is a gain of six seats. Anything less and democrats remain in control. So both sides are fighting it out in state after state realizing the National Implications of those local results. And if theres one issue thats got everyones attention, its the economy. President obama recently said that the economy is better than when he first took office. But the public is uneasy. Nevertheless democrats have been trying to establish that theyre the ones to be trusted with the economy. And over the past year theres a phrase theyve been using quite a bit. I believe this is the defining challenge of our time. Democrats have been talking a lot lately about income inequality. Theres no greater
Ballot. Right now fox news reporting american payday, the big squeeze. The election is almost upon us. And with the house of representatives firmly in republican hands and the white house of course off the table, everyones focus is on this side of the u. S. Capitol, the u. S. Senate. The republicans magic number is a gain of six seats. Anything less and democrats remain in control. So both sides are fighting it out in state after state realizing the National Implications of those local results. And if theres one issue thats got everyones attention, its the economy. President obama recently said that the economy is better than when he first took office. But the public is uneasy. Nevertheless democrats have been trying to establish that theyre the ones to be trusted with the economy. And over the past year theres a phrase theyve been using quite a bit. I believe this is the defining challenge of our time. Democrats have been talking a lot lately about income inequality. Theres no greater