Luca Signorelli Crtona 1441-1523
.Italian painter of the Umbrian school, who probably studied with Piero della Francesca. He worked in Cortona, where some of his paintings have remained. Subsequently he worked in the Cathedral of Perugia, in Volterra, and at Monte Oliveto before undertaking (1499) the decoration of the Cappella Nuova in the Orvieto Cathedral. There he represented the apocalyptic series of the Story of the Anti-Christ, the End of the World, the Resurrection of the Bodies, Paradise, and the Inferno, as well as figurations from antique poems and the Divine Comedy. The infernal scenes are remarkable for their imaginative evocation of fiends and tortures of Hell. Michelangelo was influenced by his powerful treatment of anatomy and the vivid realism he used for dramatic ends. Signorelli's paintings in the Vatican, where he went in 1508, were later sacrificed to make way for some of Raphael's work.
Luca Signorelli The Damned Cast into Hell mk86
1499-1503
Fresco total width c.670cm
Orvieto,Duomo,
Teach and deeds of the Antichrist mk148
The painting shows the traditional Christian presentation that the Antichrist (right foreground on socket) the shape Christs will suppose Painting ID:: 39404
Luca Signorelli Teach and deeds of the Antichrist mk148
The painting shows the traditional Christian presentation that the Antichrist (right foreground on socket) the shape Christs will suppose
Crucifixion mk156
c.1500
Oil on canvas
247x117.5cm
Painting ID:: 40286
Luca Signorelli Crucifixion mk156
c.1500
Oil on canvas
247x117.5cm
The Madonna and the Nino with prophets mk166
Final of the fifteenth century or principles of the XV
I Wave on board of wood
170x1175cm Painting ID:: 41965
Crtona 1441-1523
.Italian painter of the Umbrian school, who probably studied with Piero della Francesca. He worked in Cortona, where some of his paintings have remained. Subsequently he worked in the Cathedral of Perugia, in Volterra, and at Monte Oliveto before undertaking (1499) the decoration of the Cappella Nuova in the Orvieto Cathedral. There he represented the apocalyptic series of the Story of the Anti-Christ, the End of the World, the Resurrection of the Bodies, Paradise, and the Inferno, as well as figurations from antique poems and the Divine Comedy. The infernal scenes are remarkable for their imaginative evocation of fiends and tortures of Hell. Michelangelo was influenced by his powerful treatment of anatomy and the vivid realism he used for dramatic ends. Signorelli's paintings in the Vatican, where he went in 1508, were later sacrificed to make way for some of Raphael's work.