PhotoHunt - Painted

Italy is particularly famous for its frescoes which are painted by many of the great Italian artists of the Renaissance. I've tons of photos that would work for this theme but the first thing that came to my mind was the cathedral I visited in Florence.


Here's a lovely illustration of "The Last Judgment" painted on the dome, in Duomo of Florence.



This enormous work, 3,600 metres² (38 750 ft²) of painted frescoes took 11 years to complete and was executed from 1568 to 1579 by Giorgio Vasari and Federico Zuccari. I truly appreciate the time, the thought, and the talent that goes into creating it. I also discovered that the painting was last restored in the late 1980′s and early 1990′s, so the colours are remarkably vibrant and the depiction so vivid.



The top level shows Heaven, with Jesus in the center and the apostles on both sides. Jesus is casting the Last Judgment.



The lower part portrays the doomed who will be cast into Hell.

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