Twenty four elders of the Apocalypse
by Melany Sarafis
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Twenty four elders of the Apocalypse
Artist
Melany Sarafis
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Photograph
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The inside of the dome in Florence, a fresco of The Last Judgement, started by Giorgio Vasari and finished by Federico Zuccari after Vasari died, painted 1572-79. Art Historians are critical of the painting, and I can understand why, except for this top portion which I enjoy. It looks like a balcony high above the Cathedral, with people looking down and climbing over the railing.
Executed from a theological program, Vasari planned 5 "registers" (layers) of scenes. This is the top register, near the cupola, and depicts a false loggia in a temple with the twenty-four elders of the Apocalypse.
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August 10th, 2013
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