Posted on 11/24/2021 5:56:56 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6
WHITE- THRONE JUDGMENT |
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95 A.D. |
REVELATION
Chapter 20, Verses 11-15
Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into THE LAKE OF FIRE.
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CHRISPIJN VAN DEN BROECK
"Last Judgment"
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MAERTEN DE VOS
"The Last Judgment"
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FRANS FRANCKEN the Younger
"The Last Judgment"
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TINTORETTO
"The Last Judgment"
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Detail A
"The Last Judgment"
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Detail B
"The Last Judgment"
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"The Last Judgment"
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PIETER HUYS
"The Last Judgment"
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ROGIER VAN DER WEYDEN
"The Last Judgment"
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ROGIER VAN DER WEYDEN
"The Last Judgment"
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FRA ANGELICO
"The Last Judgment"
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GUSTAVE DORÉ
"The Last Judgment"
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HOWARD DAVID JOHNSON
"Into the LAKE of FIRE"
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GIOTTO DI BONDONE
"Last Judgment"
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PETRUS CHRISTUS
"The Last Judgment"
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PETER CORNELIUS
"The Last Judgment"
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JEAN COUSIN the Younger
"Last Judgment"
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RAPHAEL COXCIE
"Last Judgment"
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BERNAERT VAN ORLEY
"The Last Judgment"
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NICOLA PISANO
"Last Judgment"
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PIETER POURBUS
"Last Judgment"
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LUCA SIGNORELLI
"The Damned"
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BARTHOLOMAEUS SPRANGER
"Last Judgment"
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GIORGIO VASARI
"The Last Judgment"
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Detail A
"The Last Judgment"
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Detail B
"The Last Judgment"
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DIEGO QUISPE TITO
"The Last Judgement"
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FRANCISCO PACHECO
"Lo Judici Final"
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Good Morning, Dan! :-)
And to you, Mary-Lou!
So glad to see the beautiful tympanum from Sainte-Foy Church in Conques, France. It is a splendid example of 12th c. Romanesque art. An important stop on the French route to Santiago de Compostela, here tired pilgrims would rest and pray.
Favorites is #38, the monumental work by Hans Memling, so splendidly detailed and rich in color. At left, the saved souls are greeted by St. Peter as they enter the Gates of Paradise and given their spiritual cloths by angels. A golden aura surrounds the Gates of Paradise - a richly decorated archway complete with angelic choir and orchestra. The architectural mix (Gothic portal, Romanesque towers) together with the image of the creation of Eve in the gable represents the beginning and end of human history. In the center, the Archangel Michael separates the blessed from the sinners.
Another great one is Rogier van der Weyden at #40. Memling had been a student of van der Weyden who, in the 15th c., was the most influential of the Flemish painters.
Sainte-Foy, a young Christian martyr of the 2nd c., is represented prostrated in prayer before the hand of God. The tools of her martyrdom at behind her.
It appears the tympanum figures originally were colored--their robes retain some blue. Say, I have an idea: why don't you take a little vacation and go repaint them, brighten it up?!
Yes, it was colored. I would hate to see it painted again, gone would be the sense of the passing of time, the mystique, etc. I am not a fan of restorations in general.
You make a reasonable case.
I will never forgive what they have done to the exquisite Black Madonna of Chartres, turned her into a doll. Disgusting.
“Black Madonna of Chartres”
I had to go look that up...oh dear.
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