Rebuilding The Renaissance artwork

Episode 233 – Vasari’s “Last Judgment” (Florence Cathedral)

Rebuilding The Renaissance

English - July 05, 2023 10:30 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 202 ratings
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The dome frescoes of Florence Cathedral cover nearly an acre of dome surface, making it the world’s largest fresco. Begun by Giorgio Vasari in 1572 and completed by Federico Zuccari in 1579, the main subject of the fresco is the Last Judgment and incudes some strikingly graphic imagery in the Hell sections.