An edition of How Fra Angelico and Signorelli saw the end of the world (2002)
How Fra Angelico and Signorelli Saw the End of the World
By Creighton E. Gilbert,Luca Signorelli
Publish Date
November 2002
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Language
eng
Pages
200
Description:
"How Fra Angelico and Signorelli Saw the End of the World examines every element in the Cappella Nuova's architecture and complex decoration, which not only represents the coming of the Antichrist, the end of the world, and the Last Judgment but also, on a high dado, features portraits of Dante and other poets, scenes from their texts, and sinuous grotesque ornament. Although Dante's likeness has long been recognized, Creighton Gilbert is the first scholar to establish that his great epic, The Divine Comedy, exerted a profound influence on the Chapel's iconographic program."--BOOK JACKET.
subjects: Renaissance Mural painting and decoration, Criticism and interpretation, Cappella della Madonna di San Brizio (Duomo di Orvieto), Judgment Day in art, Signorelli, luca, 1441-1523, Angelico, fra, approximately 1400-1455, Mural painting and decoration, Orvieto
People: Luca Signorelli (1441?-1523), Angelico fra (approximately 1400-1455)