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| Michelangelo Conversion of St Paul ca. 1542-45 fresco Cappella Paolina, Palazzo Apostolico, Vatican |
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| Michelangelo Crucifixion of St Peter ca. 1542-45 fresco Cappella Paolina, Palazzo Apostolico, Vatican |
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| Pellegrino Tibaldi St Michael Archangel 1544 fresco Sala Paolina, Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome |
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| Giovanni Paolo Rossetti Annunciatory Angel ca. 1548-50 fresco Chiesa di Santissima Trinità dei Monti, Rome |
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| Girolamo Siciolante Assumption of the Virgin ca. 1560-63 apse fresco Chiesa di Santa Maria dell'Anima, Rome |
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| Girolamo Siciolante Donation of Pippin to Pope Stephen II 1565-68 fresco Sala Reggia, Palazzo Apostolico, Vatican |
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| Giovanni Battista Ricci Consecration of Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome ca. 1597-1601 fresco Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome |
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| Giovanni Battista Ricci and Cristoforo Greppi Prophet Isaiah ca. 1617-20 fresco Chiesa di San Francesco a Ripa Grande, Rome |
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| Giovanni Battista Ricci and Cristoforo Greppi God the Father in Glory with Musical Angels ca. 1617-20 fresco Chiesa di San Francesco a Ripa Grande, Rome |
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| Johann Paul Schor Glorification of Marcantonio Colonna (detail) ca. 1665-67 fresco Palazzo Colonna, Rome |
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| Johann Paul Schor Glorification of Marcantonio Colonna (detail) ca. 1665-67 fresco Palazzo Colonna, Rome |
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| Johann Paul Schor Glorification of Marcantonio Colonna (detail) ca. 1665-67 fresco Palazzo Colonna, Rome |
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| Johann Paul Schor Glorification of Marcantonio Colonna (detail) ca. 1665-67 fresco Palazzo Colonna, Rome |
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| Giovanni Odazzi Christ giving Communion to St Catherine of Siena ca. 1710 fresco in pendentive Basilica di Santa Sabina all'Aventino, Rome |
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| Giovanni Odazzi Christ giving His Burning Heart to St Catherine of Siena ca. 1710 fresco in pendentive Basilica di Santa Sabina all'Aventino, Rome |
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| Giovanni Odazzi Christ giving Two Crowns to St Catherine of Siena ca. 1710 fresco in pendentive Basilica di Santa Sabina all'Aventino, Rome |
Parallels in Darkness
Fireflies. Or it may be a planet burning
In the high gulf, the apostrophe of air.
Here (with the August constellations turning
An inch away) cannot be told from there.
Music that may, by the near lake, be singing,
Or accidentals of some strong machine
So pitched it is inveterately bringing
Convergence of time now, and what has been.
So pitched it is inveterately bringing
Convergence of time now, and what has been.
Touch that may be your single body by me,
Known when a known night clouded us with love,
Known when a known night clouded us with love,
Or may be mists of other loves gone by me.
Faceless, and past my memory to prove,
But that, like fireflies, burn their sudden mark,
White messengers from the inclusive dark.
– William Dickey (1961)