Title

Orvieto, Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta

Caption

Orvieto, Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta (or Duomo), the interior, Chapel Nova or St. Brizio Chapel, northern wall: "Pandemonium" fresco by Luca Signorelli, (1500 - 1502). Detail. In the lower right corner, in the foreground, the Eritrean Sibyl reads her prophetic book together with the prophet David, noting the truth of the predictions at the advent of the Dies Irae. Behind them an earthquake causes a temple to collapse and the brigands triumph in anarchy, stripping three young men. More in the distance, a biblical tsunami arrives to lift the ships on the waves, which are about to threaten the city; in the sky the sun and the moon are ominously darkened.
Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria, Orvieto (TR), Umbria, Italia - Italy

Date

Feb 15, 2019

Credit line

Ghigo Roli/Photo12

Reference

GHR20A05_049

License type

Rights managed

Available size

98,2Mb (7,1Mb) / 15,5in x 24,6in / 4644 x 7392 (300dpi)

Keywords

XVI secolo XVI century Affresco Fresco Arte Art Basilica Cattedrale Cathedral Davide David Duomo Eritrea Eritrean Finimondo Pandemonium Il Cinquecento 16th Century Italia Italy Luca Signorelli Mitologia Mythology Opera d'arte Artwork Orvieto Pittura Painting Profeta Prophet Religione Religion Rinascimento Renaissance Sibilla Sybil Terremoto Earthquake Umbria XVI secolo XVI century

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