Last Judgment fresco in the dome of Florence Cathedral

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The Last Judgment fresco in the dome of Florence Cathedral is a monumental 16th-century depiction of the final judgment scene that dramatically covers Brunelleschi’s vast cupola with vivid, multi-tiered imagery of heaven, earth, and hell.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fresco ⓘ
mural painting ⓘ
religious artwork ⓘ
artMovement Mannerism ⓘ
century 16th century ⓘ
commissionedBy Cosimo I de’ Medici ⓘ
linked to: Cosimo I de' Medici
completedBy Federico Zuccari ⓘ
composition multi-tiered imagery ⓘ
contributedBy Federico Zuccari ⓘ
Giorgio Vasari ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
depicts Christ in Majesty ⓘ
Last Judgment ⓘ
linked to: The Last Judgment

angels ⓘ
demons ⓘ
earth ⓘ
final judgment ⓘ
heaven ⓘ
hell ⓘ
personifications of vices ⓘ
personifications of virtues ⓘ
saints ⓘ
the blessed ⓘ
the damned ⓘ
the resurrection of the dead ⓘ
designedSupportBy Filippo Brunelleschi ⓘ
endDate 1579 ⓘ
feature concentric zones of figures ⓘ
dramatic foreshortening ⓘ
vivid coloration ⓘ
genre Christian art ⓘ
sacred art ⓘ
locatedIn Florence ⓘ
Florence Cathedral ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Tuscany ⓘ
location cupola of Florence Cathedral ⓘ
dome of Florence Cathedral ⓘ
mainArtist Giorgio Vasari ⓘ
material fresco technique ⓘ
paintedOn Brunelleschi’s dome ⓘ
partOf interior decoration of Florence Cathedral dome ⓘ
patron Cosimo I de’ Medici ⓘ
linked to: Cosimo I de' Medici
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
scale monumental ⓘ
startDate 1572 ⓘ
subjectMatter Book of Revelation ⓘ
Christian eschatology ⓘ
Gospel accounts of the Last Judgment ⓘ
surface masonry dome ⓘ
technique buon fresco ⓘ

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Federico Zuccari → notableWork → Last Judgment fresco in the dome of Florence Cathedral ⓘ