SIGNORELLI, Luca
(b. ca. 1450, Cortona, d. 1523, Cortona)

Apocalypse (detail)

1499-1502
Fresco
Chapel of San Brizio, Duomo, Orvieto

The picture shows the left-hand section of the frescoes on the entry wall. This section recounts the epilogue of this preannounced catastrophe. Demons looking like monstrous bats soar through the darkened sky, showering earth with flaming arrows; the last survivors fall under their shots, piling up on top of each other like broken dolls.




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