CAVALLINI, Pietro
(b. ca. 1250, Roma, d. 1330, Roma)

Last Judgment (detail)

c. 1300
Fresco
Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome

A columnar roundness makes the anatomical structure of the neck palpable in a manner not found in art since ancient times. Although the locks of hair are still somewhat patterned, the beards are naturalistic in texture.




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