PERUGINO, Pietro
(b. 1450, Citta della Pieve, d. 1523, Perugia)

Christ Handing the Keys to St Peter (detail)

1481-82
Fresco
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

The octagonal temple with its ample porches dominates the central axis. The spatial construction is based upon a one point perspective system in which the vanishing point is located inside the doorway of the domed church, which has lateral porches.