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The Hanged Man from Tarot decks is thought to be typical of *pittura infamante* frescoes, although none are extant

Preparatory drawings for *pittura infamante* by Andrea del Sarto

Pittura infamante (pronounced [pitˈtuːra iɱfaˈmante]; Italian for "defaming portrait"; plural pitture infamanti) is a genre of defamatory painting and relief, common in Renaissance Italy in city-states in the north and center of the Italian Peninsula during the Trecento, Quattrocento, and Cinquecento.^[1] Popular subjects of pittura infamante include traitors, thieves, and those guilty of bankruptcy or public fraud, often in cases where no legal remedy was available. Commissioned by governments of city-states and displayed in public centers, pittura infamante were both a form of "municipal justice" (or "forensic art"^[2]) and a medium for internal political struggles.^[3]
According to Samuel Edgerton, the genre began to decline precisely when it came to be regarded as a form of art rather than effigy; the power of the genre derived from a feudal-based code of honor, where shame was one of the most significant social punishments.^[1] As such, pittura infamante has its roots in the doctrines of fama and infamia in ancient Roman law.^[4]

^ ^a ^b Edgerton, 1985. Chapters 2 and 3.
^ Edgerton, 1980, p. 31.
^ Wieruszowski, 1944.
^ Mills, 2005, p. 38.

[edgerton-1] Edgerton, 1985. Chapters 2 and 3.

[ed31-2] Edgerton, 1980, p. 31.

[3] Wieruszowski, 1944.

[mills38-4] Mills, 2005, p. 38.

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