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P1040957 Ceiling cross-vaulting frescos. "Court of Heaven. San Brizio chapel, Orvieto. PS ©

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"Court of Heaven" vaults, San Brizio chapel.

 

Despite the Devil and other fear-mongering mayhem, we can greatly admire the skilled leap-forward in spatial reality depicted by Signorelli. It's said that Michelangelo spent four years studying these before painting the Cistine chapel in Rome. Similarities would confirm.

 

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Uploaded on December 19, 2014
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