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| Francesco Salviati Figure of Kairòs (Opportunity) ca. 1550-60 fresco Palazzo Sacchetti, Rome |
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| Francesco Salviati Chigi Chapel Separation of Light from Darkness ca. 1554 fresco Basilica di Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome |
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| Francesco Salviati Chigi Chapel Creation of the Sun and Moon ca. 1554 fresco Basilica di Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome |
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| Francesco Salviati Chigi Chapel Creation of the Earth ca. 1554 fresco Basilica di Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome |
O Earth, how like to Heav'n, if not preferr'd
More justly, Seat worthier of Gods, as built
With second thoughts, reforming what was old!
For what God after better worse would build?
Terrestrial Heav'n, danc't round by other Heav'ns
That shine, yet bear their bright officious Lamps,
Light above Light, for thee alone, as seems,
In thee concentring all their precious beams
Of sacred influence . . .
– John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IX (1674)
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| Francesco Salviati Chigi Chapel Creation of Adam ca. 1554 fresco Basilica di Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome |
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| Francesco Salviati Chigi Chapel Fall of Man ca. 1554 fresco Basilica di Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome |
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| Francesco Salviati Chigi Chapel Expulsion from the Garden ca. 1554 fresco Basilica di Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome |
In either hand the hast'ning Angel caught
Our ling'ring Parents, and to th' Eastern Gate
Led them direct, and down the Cliff as fast
To the subjected Plain; then disappear'd.
They looking back, all th' Eastern side beheld
Of Paradise, so late their happy seat,
Wav'd over by the flaming Brand, the Gate
With dreadful Faces throng'd and fiery Arms . . .
– John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book XII (1674)
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| Francesco Salviati Chigi Chapel Personifications of Seasons - Spring ca. 1550 fresco Basilica di Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome |
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| Francesco Salviati Chigi Chapel Personifications of Seasons - Summer ca. 1550 fresco Basilica di Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome |
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| Francesco Salviati Chigi Chapel Personifications of Seasons - Autumn ca. 1550 fresco Basilica di Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome |
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| Francesco Salviati Chigi Chapel Personifications of Seasons - Winter ca. 1550 fresco Basilica di Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome |
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| Francesco Salviati Birth of the Virgin before 1563 fresco Chiesa di San Marcello al Corso, Rome |
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| Francesco Salviati Presentation of the Virgin before 1563 fresco Chiesa di San Marcello al Corso, Rome |
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| Francesco Salviati The Annunciation before 1563 fresco Chiesa di San Marcello al Corso, Rome |
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| Francesco Salviati Coronation of the Virgin before 1563 fresco Chiesa di San Marcello al Corso, Rome |