[Michael Angelo Buonarroti by Charles Holroyd]@TWC D-Link bookMichael Angelo Buonarroti CHAPTER IX 11/11
Next to her the Baptist, the Twelve Apostles, and all the saints of God, each one showing to the tremendous Judge the symbol of the martyrdom by which he glorified God: St.Andrew the cross, St.Bartholomew his skin, St.Lawrence the gridiron, St.Sebastian the arrows, San Biagio the combs of iron, St.Catherine the wheel, and others other things whereby they are known.
Above these on the right and left, on the upper part of the wall, are groups of angels, with actions gracious and rare, raising in heaven the Cross of the Son of God, the Sponge, the Crown of Thorns, the Nails, and the Column of the Flagellation, to reproach the wicked with the blessings of God of which they have been so heedless, and for which they have been so ungrateful, and to comfort and give confidence to the good.
There are infinite details which I pass over in silence.
It is enough that, besides the divine composition, all that the human figure is capable of in the art of painting is here to be seen..
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