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| Joos van Cleve Last Judgment ca. 1520-25 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Christ's billowing red draperies seem to leap away from his round yellow full-body halo with its throbbing violet border. Against the infinite clear blue of the sky, indigo clouds support the Savior above a wide green lawn. Suspended in hover-mode to left and right are rainbow-winged angels, one all in purple, one all in orange. The naked and the dead in throngs arise from the earth, white shrouds clinging.
Other famous episodes and narratives derived from the Christian religion are lined up below, chosen like the episode above for persuasive color and bold form.
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| Pietro da Cortona St Cecilia ca. 1620-25 National Gallery, London |
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| Fra Bartolomeo Presentation in the Temple 1516 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Bartolomeo Cavarozzi after Caravaggio Supper at Emmaus ca. 1615-25 Getty |
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| Aniello Falcone Expulsion of the Moneychangers from the Temple 1630s Prado |
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| Giovanni Battista Cremonini The Agony in the Garden ca. 1595 oil on copper Clark Art Institute |
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| Luca Giordano Kiss of Judas ca. 1655-60 Prado |
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| David Teniers Guardroom with the Deliverance of St Peter ca. 1645-47 oil on copper Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Luca Giordano Pilate Washes His Hands ca. 1655-60 Prado |
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| Bernardo Strozzi St. Veronica with her Veil 1620-25 Prado |
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| Perugino Resurrection ca. 1505 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Matthias Stom Incredulity of Thomas 1640s Prado |
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| Antonio de Lanchares Ascension ca. 1620 Prado |
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| Giovanni Serodine St Margaret Resurrecting a Youth ca. 1620 Prado |