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'''Last Judgment''' (1502) is a series of frescoes by [[Luca Signorelli]], at [[Cappella di San Brizio, Cathedral, Orvieto, Italy]].
The '''Last Judgment''' (1502) is part of a series of frescoes by [[Luca Signorelli]], at [[Cappella di San Brizio, Cathedral, Orvieto, Italy]].


==Notes==
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It is the most elaborated cycle of frescoes on the events related to the [[Last Judgment]]. It is made of several autonomous scenes:
It is the most elaborated cycle of frescoes on the events related to the [[Last Judgment]]. It is made of several autonomous scenes:


* (a) Predica e fatti dell'Anticristo (Preaching of the Antichrist)
* (a) Preaching of the Antichrist
* (b) Finimondo (End of Times)
* (b) End of Times
* (c) Resurrezione della carne (Resurrection of the Flesh)
* (c) Resurrection of the Flesh
* (d) Dannati (Damned)
* (d) Last Judgment (Ascent to Heaven and Descent to Hell)
* (e) Beati (Blessed)
* (e) The Damned in Hell
* (f) Paradiso (Paradise)
* (f) The Blessed in Paradise
* (g) Inferno (Hell)




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[[File:Damned Signorelli.jpg|600px]]
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(d) ''Damned'', by [[Luca Signorelli]] (1502)
(d) ''Ascent to Paradise and Descent to Hell'', by [[Luca Signorelli]] (1502)




[[File:Blessed Signorelli.jpg|500px]]
[[File:Damned Signorelli.jpg|500px]]


(e) ''Blessed'', by [[Luca Signorelli]] (1502)
(e) ''Damned in Hell'', by [[Luca Signorelli]] (1502)




[[File:Paradise Signorelli.jpg|500px]]
[[File:Blessed Signorelli.jpg|500px]]
 
(f) ''Paradise'', by [[Luca Signorelli]] (1502)


(f) ''Blessed in Paradise'', by [[Luca Signorelli]] (1502)


[[File:Paradise Signorelli.jpg|500px]]


(g) ''Paradise'', by [[Luca Signorelli]] (1502)





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Last Judgment Signorelli.jpg


The Last Judgment (1502) is part of a series of frescoes by Luca Signorelli, at Cappella di San Brizio, Cathedral, Orvieto, Italy.

Notes

Between 1499 and 1502 Luca Signorelli completed the frescoes in the St. Brizio Chapel with scenes devoted to the end of times, under the vault where Beato Angelico in 1447 had portrayed Christ the Judge.

It is the most elaborated cycle of frescoes on the events related to the Last Judgment. It is made of several autonomous scenes:

  • (a) Preaching of the Antichrist
  • (b) End of Times
  • (c) Resurrection of the Flesh
  • (d) Last Judgment (Ascent to Heaven and Descent to Hell)
  • (e) The Damned in Hell
  • (f) The Blessed in Paradise


Christ Judge Angelico.jpg

Christ the Judge, by Beato Angelico (1447)


Preaching Antichrist Signorelli.jpg

(a) Preaching of the Antichrist, by Luca Signorelli (1502)


End Times Signorelli.jpg

(b) End of Times, by Luca Signorelli (1502)


Resurrection of the Flesh Signorelli.jpg

(c) Resurrection of the Flesh, by Luca Signorelli (1502)


Last Judgment Signorelli.jpg

(d) Ascent to Paradise and Descent to Hell, by Luca Signorelli (1502)


Damned Signorelli.jpg

(e) Damned in Hell, by Luca Signorelli (1502)


Blessed Signorelli.jpg

(f) Blessed in Paradise, by Luca Signorelli (1502)