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And.. the same end for all
Chiesa del Purgatorio, Via Ridola, Matera, Basilicata, Italia
Despite having been completed in 1747, the Chiesa del Purgatorio Nuovo has a late Baroque façade, by Giuseppe Fatone, from Andria. It was built with funds from the Confraternity for the Poor Souls in Purgatory and donations from the citizens of Matera themselves, who also willingly played their part in the actual building of the church.
Its recurring and only theme is Death, which was very fashionable at the time and which was considered not as an end, but as the beginning of a better life.
The wooden door is divided into 36 panels, each devoted compulsively to the theme of death, with skulls and crossbones sometimes crowned with headgear belonging to rulers and prelates, intended to emphasise the fact that all men are equal after death.
And.. the same end for all
Chiesa del Purgatorio, Via Ridola, Matera, Basilicata, Italia
Despite having been completed in 1747, the Chiesa del Purgatorio Nuovo has a late Baroque façade, by Giuseppe Fatone, from Andria. It was built with funds from the Confraternity for the Poor Souls in Purgatory and donations from the citizens of Matera themselves, who also willingly played their part in the actual building of the church.
Its recurring and only theme is Death, which was very fashionable at the time and which was considered not as an end, but as the beginning of a better life.
The wooden door is divided into 36 panels, each devoted compulsively to the theme of death, with skulls and crossbones sometimes crowned with headgear belonging to rulers and prelates, intended to emphasise the fact that all men are equal after death.