Last Judgment portal
by Fabrizio Ruggeri
Title
Last Judgment portal
Artist
Fabrizio Ruggeri
Medium
Photograph
Description
Portail du jugement dernier, last judgment portal, detail, Notre-Dame cathedral, Paris, France. The lower band shows angels sounding trumpets announcing doomsday, and the resurrection of humanity from the tombs for the judgement. The middle band shows Archangel Michael weighting the souls with a scale, and dividing the souls between the damned ones (at hour right) and the saved ones (at our left, at the right of the Christ). The upper band shows Christ in throne, showing the palms with the wounds of crucifixion. At his sides two angels brings the symbols of passion: left: the lance and the nails; right: the cross.
The two praying figures are St Mary and St John the Evangelist.
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September 17th, 2012
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