Title

Orvieto, Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta

Caption

Orvieto, Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta (or Duomo), the interior, Chapel Nova or St. Brizio Chapel, southern wall: "Call to Hell", fresco by Luca Signorelli, (1500 - 1502). Detail showing the Antehell, taken from Dante's description. A group of slothers has a demon bearing a white banner, while in the centre you can see Charon ready to ferry the damned, destined, lower down, to the judgment of Minos. The latter is portrayed when he commits punishment to a damned man by a demon's hair, wrapping his tail around his body as many times as the number of the group he is destined for. Further on, on the "proscenium", a devil with blue flesh makes to hit a damned man by holding his hair: the crudeness of the scene interested Michelangelo, who in fact copied it.
Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria, Orvieto (TR), Umbria, Italia - Italy

Date

Feb 15, 2019

Credit line

Ghigo Roli/Photo12

Reference

GHR20A05_069

License type

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Keywords

XVI secolo XVI century Affresco Fresco Arte Art Basilica Caronte Charon Cattedrale Cathedral Demone Demon Duomo Il Cinquecento 16th Century Inferno Hell Italia Italy Luca Signorelli Michelangelo Buonarroti Minosse Minos Mito greco Greek Myth Mitologia Mythology Opera d'arte Artwork Orvieto Pittura Painting Religione Religion Rinascimento Renaissance Umbria XVI secolo XVI century

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