http://www.backtoclassics.com/gallery/lucasignorelli/resurrectionofthefl\ esh-detail/ http://tinyurl.com/3t9dtj4
Luca Signorelli. The Hell. Fresco. 1499-1502. Orvieto Cathedral, San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto, Italy. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@ wrote: > > > > Luca Signoreili, Resurrection, > > > detailhttp://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/great-works/si\ \ > \ > > gnorelli-luca-the-resurrection-of-the-flesh-c1500-850703.html > > http://tinyurl.com/3f8zw8m > > Some authorities specified that everyone would resurrect at the age of > > 33. > > Resurrected bodies have four essential characteristics, technically > > defined as clarity, impassibility, agility and subtlety. They shine > > brightly. They cannot suffer or die. They can move as freely and as > > quickly as they like. They can pass through other objects. > > > > Traditionally, in resurrections, the dead rise from opened-up earth > > graves, or from stone tombs whose lids have flipped off. Here, > > Signorelli imagines them directly rising through the surface of the > > earth, like worms. > > > Ooh, that's terrific. Here's the whole painting: > > > > http://copiosa.org/images/resurrection_flesh_signorelli.jpg > <http://copiosa.org/images/resurrection_flesh_signorelli.jpg> > > Worth looking at in a larger reproduction. All those bodies are just > gorgeous. And the angels are magnificent. >
